Dear Readers,
Here is the latest Monday Muse with a meditation from our Dying Every Day series, a perennial reminder, and a perennial insight to consider.
Be wise and be well this week!
💀 Dying Every Day
The Dying Every Day series is now part of the Monday Muse! This series focuses on delivering Stoic meditations on the art of living. Each meditation provides a quote, a selected passage (from an original Stoic text), and a daily exercise.
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📌 Perennial Reminder(s)
There are few human experiences quite like that of wonder. Wonder is a distinctively human response to reality, one marked by a deep sense of astonishment, admiration, and awe. We stand in wonder before many things above, below, beyond, and within. … When we are gripped by wonder, we are startled out of the ordinary and humdrum of human experience. When rightly ordered, wonder can indicate to us that we are in the presence of something truly excellent and worthy of our sustained attention. […]
Source: Christian Philosophy as a Way of Life by Ross Inman (Listen to the conversation with Ross on Apple Podcasts or Spotify in the coming weeks. Consider becoming a Patron of In Search of Wisdom for early access.)
💡 Perennial Insight(s)
William James believed that it is possible for the sick soul to be ‘twice-born’—to face the world meaningfully and courageously. It isn’t easy; it is always the difficult matter of exercising the will, adjusting one’s angle of vision, being open to transcendence, and making way for wonder and hope. But it is possible. To the question, ‘Is Life Worth Living?’ James assures us, ‘Maybe. It is up to the liver.’ […]
Source: Be Not Afraid of Life, Edited by John Kaag and Jonathan Van Belle
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J.W.
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