Reflection
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Dyed in the Color of Your Thoughts
Marcus Aurelius wrote that the soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts. That isn't poetry — it's mechanics. What we feed our minds surfaces in our lives whether we want it to or not.
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You Can Do It
What do you do with that quiet sting when someone else lands the thing you wanted? Marcus Aurelius has an answer — and it's not what the resentful part of your brain wants to hear.
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It’s Not the Thing, It’s What We Make of It
Suffering doesn’t come from events themselves but from what we decide they mean. A reflection on how both Stoic philosophy and Scripture teach the same truth — that peace begins where resistance ends.
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Accepting Providence: Fate, Trust, and the Thread of Causes
The Thread of Causes Marcus Aurelius writes in Meditations 5.8: “Whatever happens to you was prepared for you from all eternity, and the thread of causes was spun from the beginning.” It’s a …
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Facing Tomorrow: Stoic Reason and Christian Trust
“Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.” —Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 7.8 “Therefore do not be …
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The Stillness Before Sunrise
Impressionist-style view from Casa Flourish, Yelapa, Mexico – August 2, 2025 There’s something about waking before the world stirs that feels a little like stealing time. This morning, on the …