Tag: stoic
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Did I Stutter?
Yes. Yes I did. This week has been trying. Suffice to say that life has thrown another curveball and at least for temporary measures, routines have been thrown out of balance. If anything, it is a handy test to see whether a) how disciplined I can be with regards to my routines (the answer: not […]
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Information
Every moment of everyday they are there. Some may try to ignore them while others indulge their every whim. Emotions are a continual presence in our lives. They can be fleeting or omnipresent, but they are always there in some way. Anger, love, fear, disgust, and more flow in and out of us. Should they […]
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Don’t Be An Excuse
Do not use others as an excuse for poor behavior. Others behavior are not our own, and therefor, they cannot be a basis for ours. Let’s think about lying as an example. Is it OK to lie? Generally the understanding of that is that no, it is not OK to lie. Yet, in daily politics, […]
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We Are Both
You can come to two conclusions while watching humanity: we are a horrifying species; we are a beautiful species. Evidence for either are plentiful. But depending on the events of a given time frame, we tend to lean towards the former, not the latter. We believe people to be immoral and undeserving. True, yes. But […]
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Be Slow
Ever since the Capitol building was seized by a large group seeking to overturn the certification of the election of Joe Biden, I have seen a number of articles, mostly sent by my friend, calling the event everything from an attempted coup to an insurrection to a call for revolution. Many of the articles ridiculed […]
Jeremy C Kester 