Tag: stoic philosophy
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Words to Ponder #2
“If you wish to improve, be content to appear clueless or stupid in extraneous matters – don’t wish to seem knowledgeable. And if some regard you as important, distrust yourself.” Epictetus Epictetus was a stoic philosopher, and my favorite among them. The message here is clear: if you want to learn or do better, don’t…
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Choice of Action
Problems exist everywhere. There’s obstacles, setbacks, failures, and other things there that often derail ours’ and others’ goals. Whether we like it or not, they exist. They always will exist. Many are self-inflicted, and many are simply a condition of nature — they happen because they happen. What are you doing about it? It’s a…
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Step To The side
The world is happening to us. Others do things to us, always on purpose and for malicious intentions. We are all but victims to the influence of others. Passed up for a promotion? Obviously it was due to prejudice or someone else’s inability to see your value. It is but one example of how many…
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The Hard
“A League of Their Own” has been one of my favorite movies since seeing it. The emotional impact the movie had while still being funny, taking itself seriously enough while not being heavy handed or preachy, made it a spectacular film. (Mind you I believe that it’s a talent that is mostly lost in modern…
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Not Others
There are plenty to be distracted by. But they are distractions. They are the acts and behaviors of others. Other people. People who are not ourselves. This isn’t in a grand sense; this is in an interpersonal sense. There is the “I” and then there is the “others”, those who are not the “I”. Yet…
Jeremy C Kester 