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Tuesday, July 31, 2018
Quote of the Day: "To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven." - J. B. Priestley https://buff.ly/2OsUHaO https://buff.ly/2vpkGqQ
Quote of the Day: "To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven." - J. B. Priestley https://buff.ly/2OsUHaO
Quote of the Day: "To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven." - J. B. Priestley
Monday, July 30, 2018
Quote of the Day: "You will never win if you never begin." - Helen Rowland
Sunday, July 29, 2018
Quote of the Day: "This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes." - Hannah Arendt
Saturday, July 28, 2018
Today’s Stoic: Treat Everyone With Respect, Even When You’re Frustrated...
Friday, July 27, 2018
Signing off for this week good citizens, have a safe and blessed weekend everyone! SM1/JoMike
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Quote of the Day: "Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction." - Anne Frank
Thursday, July 26, 2018
TODAY’S STOIC... There are some conspicuous gaps in the writings of Marcus Aurelius, Seneca and Epictetus. They don’t talk much about love, about laughter, about how to be a good spouse or parent. They don’t talk about having a good time or the joy of experiencing (or creating) art. Despite what critics--and small-minded philosophy professors--might think, this is not because the Stoics didn’t think these things were important. It’s simply that they thought these things were obvious and came naturally enough that they didn’t require much teaching. As Seneca wrote, “No one learns to lie down contentedly in a bed of roses, if the need arises, but rather we steel ourselves for this: to not betray a confidence under torture, or to stand guard, though wounded, through the night if the need arises, without even leaning on an upright spear, since sleep has a way of sneaking up on those who lean against some support." In other words: We practice what we need the most help on and we don’t waste time reviewing what we already have handled. Pleasure comes easy. Dealing with life when everything is going well, that’s easy. The purpose of Stoic writing is to aid us in the times that aren’t easy, when things aren’t going well. Marcus made the same point when he talked about putting the effort into what seems impossible--to develop skills with your left hand because your right hand is already dominant enough. So remember, while these writings might seem like they focus on a few dark themes (death, loss, pain, temptation, self-control), it’s not because life is dark and without joy. On the contrary, there is much light and joy out there. That’s actually the problem. We can get so distracted by the pleasantness, what we wish life was like all the time, that we ignore in our training the essential preparations for the not-so-pleasant moments. We don’t need help appreciating the beauty of a rose. But for the other stuff? Well, we’re practicing and preparing for it so we don’t get snuck up on
TODAY’S STOIC... There are some conspicuous gaps in the writings of Marcus Aurelius, Seneca and Epictetus. They don’t talk much about love, about laughter, about how to be a good spouse or parent. They don’t talk about having a good time or the joy of experiencing (or creating) art. Despite what critics--and small-minded philosophy professors--might think, this is not because the Stoics didn’t think these things were important. It’s simply that they thought these things were obvious and came naturally enough that they didn’t require much teaching. As Seneca wrote, “No one learns to lie down contentedly in a bed of roses, if the need arises, but rather we steel ourselves for this: to not betray a confidence under torture, or to stand guard, though wounded, through the night if the need arises, without even leaning on an upright spear, since sleep has a way of sneaking up on those who lean against some support." In other words: We practice what we need the most help on and we don’t waste time reviewing what we already have handled. Pleasure comes easy. Dealing with life when everything is going well, that’s easy. The purpose of Stoic writing is to aid us in the times that aren’t easy, when things aren’t going well. Marcus made the same point when he talked about putting the effort into what seems impossible--to develop skills with your left hand because your right hand is already dominant enough. So remember, while these writings might seem like they focus on a few dark themes (death, loss, pain, temptation, self-control), it’s not because life is dark and without joy. On the contrary, there is much light and joy out there. That’s actually the problem. We can get so distracted by the pleasantness, what we wish life was like all the time, that we ignore in our training the essential preparations for the not-so-pleasant moments. We don’t need help appreciating the beauty of a rose. But for the other stuff? Well, we’re practicing and preparing for it so we don’t get snuck up on
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Quote of the Day: "I never think of the future - it comes soon enough." - Albert Einstein
Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Quote of the Day: "Hope is but the dream of those who wake." - Matthew Prior
Tuesday, July 24, 2018
Quote of the Day: "You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need." - Vernon Howard
Monday, July 23, 2018
Gr8 to be your friend...!
Quote of the Day: "Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact." - George Eliot
Sunday, July 22, 2018
Quote of the Day: "The buried talent is the sunken rock on which most lives strike and founder." - Frederick William Faber
Saturday, July 21, 2018
Quote of the Day: "The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it." - Jean Paul
Friday, July 20, 2018
Signing off for this week good citizens, have a safe and blessed weekend everyone! SM1/JoMike
#FollowFriday to all my great followers. :)
Quote of the Day: "We all have ability. The difference is how we use it." - Charlotte Whitton
Wednesday, July 18, 2018
Quote of the Day: "Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space." - Orson Scott Card
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
Quote of the Day: "Patience is the companion of wisdom." - Saint Augustine
Sunday, July 15, 2018
Quote of the Day: "It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help." - Epicurus
Saturday, July 14, 2018
Quote of the Day: "People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them." - James A. Baldwin
Friday, July 13, 2018
Signing off for this week good citizens, have a safe and blessed weekend everyone! SM1/JoMike
#FollowFriday to all my great followers. :)
Quote of the Day: "There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle." - Alexis de Tocqueville
Thursday, July 12, 2018
Supreme Court associate justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh...
Quote of the Day: "We have, I fear, confused power with greatness." - Stewart Udall
Wednesday, July 11, 2018
Quote of the Day: "The pen is the tongue of the mind." - Horace
Sunday, July 8, 2018
Quote of the Day: "Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life." - Simone Weil
Saturday, July 7, 2018
Quote of the Day: "When one burns one's bridges, what a very nice fire it makes." - Dylan Thomas
Friday, July 6, 2018
Signing off for this week good citizens, have a safe and blessed weekend everyone! SM1/JoMike
#FollowFriday to all my great followers. :)
Quote of the Day: "The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident." - Francesco Guicciardini
Wednesday, July 4, 2018
Good morning. In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the world. And you will be launching the largest aerial battle in this history of mankind. Mankind -- that word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can't be consumed by our petty differences anymore. We will be united in our common interests. Perhaps its fate that today is the 4th of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom, not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution -- but from annihilation. We're fighting for our right to live, to exist. And should we win the day, the 4th of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day when the world declared in one voice: We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to live on! We're going to survive!" Today, we celebrate our Independence Day!
Good morning. In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the world. And you will be launching the largest aerial battle in this history of mankind. Mankind -- that word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can't be consumed by our petty differences anymore. We will be united in our common interests. Perhaps its fate that today is the 4th of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom, not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution -- but from annihilation. We're fighting for our right to live, to exist. And should we win the day, the 4th of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day when the world declared in one voice: We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to live on! We're going to survive!" Today, we celebrate our Independence Day!
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Happy 4th of July everyone — have a safe and awesome day!
Happy 4th of July everyone — have a safe and awesome day!
Tuesday, July 3, 2018
Quote of the Day: "Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be." - Daniel J. Boorstin
Monday, July 2, 2018
Quote of the Day: "The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason." - Charles Darwin
Sunday, July 1, 2018
Quote of the Day: "Talent does what it can; genius does what it must." - Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
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