Life. It makes an impression. Here are a few life lessons that stuck: Stoic Weight Loss, Forgiveness, French Fail, Gambling & God, Marriage, and more in the pipeline.
Sometimes people don’t give you a second chance, and that lesson helped me recognize the importance of always trying to do the right thing.
21 Mar 2022
How Seeing Things As They Are Saved My Marriage
You wouldn't think learning how to not get angry with my wife for being who she is would be a turning point in my life, but it was.
15 Feb 2022
What a game taught me about gambling and gambling taught me about God
A home casino game taught me how casinos work, but "The Secret" and the lottery taught me how God works.
Link to the mentioned Twitter discussion about whether or not Zero is an Even Number: https://twitter.com/pickover/status/1489073050066853890?s=20&t=rGb2DJHfStzjSgTKwQB1hg
17 Jan 2022
How NOT to Learn French
As a kid, I had the opportunity to really learn French, and I totally blew it. Here are my pitfalls and what turned me around to realize that a new language is like life… it doesn’t always make sense, and it doesn’t have to.
(Some adult material.)
References:
Géraldine Lapère “Comme une Française” - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-ZFVrf5NVlmgZ0hItLT0pg
DuoLingo.com - Language learning application. My experience is this works best on a smartphone instead of on a computer.
LingoPie.com - Television shows with English and original language subtitles with tools to help you learn unfamiliar words and phrases.
11 Jan 2022
What One Man Taught Me About Forgiveness
One of life's greatest lessons came from an unlikely man.
10 Jan 2022
How Stoic Philosophy Helped Me Lose 30 Pounds
Three lessons from Epictetus that helped me lose thirty pounds:
1) See things for what they are
2) Know what you can control and what you can’t
3) Desires and aversions are but habits, we can make better habits
References and links:
"Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness"
by Epictetus and Sharon Lebell
Epictetus - How to be a Stoic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH6dSe_dYgM
"All of us have a lot more self-control, endurance and patience than we think we do."
Stoicism Books
https://highexistence.com/modern-books-stoicism/
“We don’t see things as they are, we see things as we are.” Anaïs Nin
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