Work. Discipline. Grind. Motivate. Move. You’ve heard all of this before. You don’t need another person telling you to go harder, do more, jump higher. You’re tired, worn out, from pursuing a vision of life that doesn’t make sense. You need to rest. Now, to be very clear, you don’t need to be distracted. YouContinue reading “Rest.”
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Wolves In The Barn
What makes you nervous? “Be anxious about nothing. But in all things, with prayer and supplication, with acts of thanksgiving, let your petitions be made known to God.” – Philippians 4:6 I am a blessed man. Here I sit, in the comfort of my home, enjoying the benefits of a degree of prosperity, withContinue reading “Wolves In The Barn”
Meditations On Meditations: Beauty, Stoically
“For instance, when bread is baked, some parts are split at the surface, and these parts which thus open, and have a certain fashion contrary to the purpose of the bakers art, are beautiful in a manner, and in a peculiar way excite a desire for eating.” – Marcus Aurelius What a quote this is.Continue reading “Meditations On Meditations: Beauty, Stoically”
A Posture of Ignorance
“I, wisdom, dwell in counsel, and I am inside learned thoughts.”– Proverbs 8:12 As I have lived my adult life, wisdom has always been a pursuit of mine. I am, unfortunately, a woefully poor learner. But in my few learnings, on of the most important, a great cornerstone of my learning, was the postureContinue reading “A Posture of Ignorance”
Meditations on Meditations, Part 2: Mornings & Mortality
Welcome back! Today, I’m writing a brief post on today’s reading, Meditations chapter two! In today’s reading, I will be breaking down a few of the 17 points in chapter two, starting with point 1. I HIGHLY recommend picking up a copy of this book for yourself. It’s a very highly recommended book on philosophyContinue reading “Meditations on Meditations, Part 2: Mornings & Mortality”
To Grow In Kindness
How would you improve your community? I am, quite often, an angry, venomous, spiteful person. And I confess this, not out of pride, but awareness. I am, as most in America, untrusting, unkind, confrontational, and very un-Christlike. When asked about what I can do to improve my community, I must think first on the greaterContinue reading “To Grow In Kindness”
The Body, a Temple
“Or do you not know that your bodies are the Temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?” - 1 Corinthians 6:19 When I approach the topic of physical fitness, I approach it from a Christian viewpoint first, and a preparednessContinue reading “The Body, a Temple”
Ecclesiastes, Part 1: Vanity, and Wisdom
I highly recommend reading this AFTER reading the biblical book of Ecclesiastes, which touches on a great number of my feelings recently. The first chapter sets a mental foundation for our character, Solomon (maybe), who is experiencing what seems to be a crisis. All is vanity. Everything. It’s all… waste. The world doesn’t stop moving,Continue reading “Ecclesiastes, Part 1: Vanity, and Wisdom”
Meditations on Meditations, Part 1: Gratitude, Through Aurelius Eyes
One of the great Stoic Philosophers of history, Marcus Aurelius is oft touted as a “Philosopher King”, a great leader of men, and is the writer of the book “Meditations” which is the subject of today’s reading. It has been on my reading list for some time, and while I have read parts of it,Continue reading “Meditations on Meditations, Part 1: Gratitude, Through Aurelius Eyes”
Thoughts On: The City of God, by Saint Augustine, Part 5
For part 4, Click here! Hello, and welcome once more to my personal deep dive into The City of God, by Saint Augustine of Hippo, a detailed breakdown of each point to help me (and maybe you) understand this great work a little better. Diving right in, we’re hitting points 9, 10, and 11! PointContinue reading “Thoughts On: The City of God, by Saint Augustine, Part 5”
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