I don’t really feel like myself. It’s a funny thing to say, really, because I’ve never actually felt like myself. It’s hard to feel like you, when you don’t really know who you are. But lately, I’ve drawn inward quite a bit. I feel reclusive, and tired, and very demoralized. I’ve been sick several timesContinue reading “Grata in Aeternum”
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Where Silence Ends
How do you know when it’s time to unplug? What do you do to make it happen? Silence. The absence of sound. Peace. This is truly, a lost way of life. As I sit here, I contemplate the silence I am comfortably settled in. It washes over me. It soothes my mind. I am usedContinue reading “Where Silence Ends”
You People Have Favorite BRANDS?
What are your favorite brands and why? Dear God, what have we done? I don’t have favorite brands, and you shouldn’t either. To allow an emotional bond to develop between you and someone selling you a product (typically not even a necessity) is madness. Favorite brands? Insanity. This culture needs a hard reset. We’re pretendingContinue reading “You People Have Favorite BRANDS?”
The Sorrow I Know
Today, I had the pleasure of caring for a number of people whose sorrows I will never fully understand. The circumstances with which they found themselves were, to them, insurmountable. This crushing weight has lead to a number of visible effects in their lives, each one diverse in ways innumerable. The DNA, as it were,Continue reading “The Sorrow I Know”
Rest.
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.”
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”
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”
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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