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A Strange Return

~mouse

Good day all. I hope I find you all sound of wind and limb - the regulars and the new faces I've yet to acquaint.

It is a little over two months since I last visited the midnight and It looks like I've some catching up to do - so pardon any belated comments that appear.

I still have my troubles, but I seem to be tinkering with my attitude. Been reading a little about stoicism, the basic history and concepts, principles. Over the past weeks I've found myself doing things, or not, due to some small internal spark.

Attributed to John Wayne:

Courage is not the absence of fear, but being scared to death but doing it anyhow.

(Maybe it was "saddling up", he did make a few films.)

Lessons

Mouse Rules?

(Forgive me if repeated, my memory is still bad)

have a purpose, know your why.
be response-able, you are not your emotions, choose how to respond not react (Victor Frankle(?))
be kind
what you do every day matters more than what you do once in a while
the palest ink is better than the sharpest memory
have a plan for each day (and accept it may change)
Alas there are no wizards - self reliance.
sleep

I might add these to my page as I go, a post explaining my interpretation? Keeps me out of mischief.

Be Well

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~contrarian wrote (thread):

By not killing his son, Marcus Aurelius allowed everything he had painstakingly built up to crumble. People like to say he didn't believe in the gods, but he was initiated in mystery cults.

~xiu wrote (thread):

Nice to meet you, ~mouse. Can relate to the small internal spark feeling, I think. There's something reassuring about it, hey.

~ew wrote (thread):

Hello ~mouse! Good to see you!

~bartender? A pot of the finest tea you can find in your infinite Riemann cupboards --- just make sure, your search time isn't infinite :)

Ok, so the tea thing being sorted out, I can go and clear up a little part of my desk, while still watching the Midnight from that little magic screen. Cheers!

~tetris wrote (thread):

I realize I've been chasing dopamine a lot these last few weeks (sugar, sex, work validation, etc.). I'm not sure how to get off this wagon, but I think it's to do with my bicycle being broken. Maybe joining a gym would be a good solution here

~inquiry wrote (thread):

I've kinda lost interest in communication given the certainty of reasons for divergence of meaning with respect to the exact same words...

But to me - in this conceptually tenuous moment - the "big picture" might be summarized as follows:

- "The World" at a high level, which in fact may well be selfsame as "contents of mind".

- "Here/now" as a reasonably peace/joy-filled ascertainable subset of the aforementioned.

- "Abide in awareness"

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