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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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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
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Snow Spotting
It’s hard to say whether dogs are philosophical observers of the universe around them, wondering at the world as it flits past their existential mindset … or if they are simply easily distracted. I think I’d like to think it’s the former. My dog and I go on three walks a day lately. This time