Tag: stoic
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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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Trust
Trust must come from within. For one who does not find trust in themselves will never find it in others.
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The Distraction
There is a dichotomy of my attention when I am looking out across the landscape of the country I belong, the United States. On one hand, in my daily life, I rarely come across anything like what the different media outlets and social media would have you believe. I guess that in many ways, that…
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Serendipity
It is strange sometimes as to how the world works. How common strands weave their way through life tying various seemingly unrelated things together. It is no wonder that sometimes it is so easy to see the world as operating through fate, destiny, or divine providence. Often they are just small things, things that might…
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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…
Jeremy C Kester 