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Wisdom, Courage, Justice, Temperance
December 6 of 31 December-ish posts I’ve been reading Marcus Aurelius. Specifically, I’ve been reading the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor circa 161 -180 AD and noted Stoic philosopher. What do you want to learn in 2023? Wisdom is acting on knowledge, experience and understanding. Courage is willingness to confront pain, danger or uncertainty. Justice is seeking
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Cast Iron Convinced-ish
After nearly nineteen years of marriage, I’d like to think I’ve learned something about not just my own spouse, but about being married in general. One of those lessons is that a good spouse is one who can keep the other in check, balanced, and grounded. And vice versa, of course. Introvert and extrovert. Left
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Monday Zen: Pulling Weeds
In a previous post I mentioned that my vegetable garden has been sprouting through the spring in a particular state of ambiguity. As all the little seeds I deliberately planted in May began to germinate and grow, so did the variety of weeds and volunteer plants begin to emerge from the soil. In many cases
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After the Storm
Exactly one week ago, almost to the hour of me writing these words, I finally tested positive for COVID-19. By all accounts and on a severity scale of one to ten (one being no symptoms and ten being the most severe fatal variety) I would rank my infection experience at a 4 or maybe at
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Monday Zen: Simplification & Leaving Spaces
Cultivating a less-complicated life and living the cast iron philosophy shouldn’t need to be an active, busy pursuit towards simplification. How would that even make sense, after all? I opened up my email inbox this morning to a corporate reminder that I had excess vacation to use up. Somewhere in a human resources database I