Blue Origin really made history today. They officially became the second company ever to recover and land an orbital-class booster. That New Glenn first stage came back clean, man… crazy moment for space. Let’s goo 🔥

@natyiu0

1 Fools say to themselves, "There is no God." They sin and commit evil deeds; none of them does what is right.
2 The Lord looks down from heaven at the human race, to see if there is anyone who is wise and seeks God.

Psalm 14:1 - 2

Very soon

NO SELF-FLAGELLATION NEEDED
“Philosophy calls for simple living, but not for penance—it’s quite possible to be simple withoutbeing crude.”
—SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 5.5

Marcus’s meditations are filled with self-criticism and so are the writings of other Stoics. It’simportant to remember, however, that that’s as far as it goes. There was no self-flagellation, nopaying penance, no self-esteem issues from guilt or self-loathing. You never hear them call themselvesworthless pieces of crap, nor do they ever starve or cut themselves as punishment. Their self-criticism isconstructive.

Laying into yourself, unduly depriving yourself, punishing yourself—that’s self-flagellation, not selfimprovement.

No need to be too hard on yourself. Hold yourself to a higher standard but not an impossible one. Andforgive yourself if and when you slip up.

Be alone. Eat alone, take yourself on dates, sleep alone. In the midst of this you will learn about yourself. You will grow, you will figure out what inspires you, you will curate your own dreams, your own beliefs, your own stunning clarity, and when you do meet the person who makes your cells dance, you will be sure of it, because you are sure of yourself.

© Bianca Sparacino 📚

Shabbat Shalom

“While you are alive in this world, chase everything with determination except death and love; for when their time comes, both of them will come looking for you and stand at your door without hesitation.”
Something I read

#GoToChurch #Churchሂዱ

እግዚአብሔር ወዳለውም ቦታ ደረሱ፤ አብርሃምም በዚያ መሠዊያውን ሠራ፥ እንጨትንም ረበረበ፤ ልጁን ይስሐቅንም አስሮ በመሠዊያው በእንጨቱ ላይ አጋደመው። አብርሃምም እጁን ዘረጋ፥ ልጁንም ያርድ ዘንድ ቢላዋ አነሣ። የእግዚአብሔር መልአክም ከሰማይ ጠራና፦ አብርሃም አብርሃም አለው፤ እርሱም፦ እነሆኝ አለ። እርሱም፦ በብላቴናው ላይ እጅህን አትዘርጋ፥ አንዳችም አታድርግበት፤ አንድ ልጅህን ለእኔ አልከለከልህምና እግዚአብሔርን የምትፈራ እንደ ሆንህ አሁን አውቄአለሁ አለ።
ዘፍጥረት 22:9-12

@chrstian_316

NO EXCUSES

“It is possible to curb your arrogance, to overcome pleasure and pain, to rise above yourambition, and to not be angry with stupid and ungrateful people—yes, even to care for them.”
—MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 8.8

I was just born this way.” “I never learned anything diferent.” “My parents set a terrible example.”“Everyone else does it.” What are these? Excuses that people use to justify staying as they are instead ofstriving to become beter.

Of course it’s possible to curb our arrogance, control our anger, and be a caring person. How do youthink others do it? Certainly their parents weren’t perfect; they didn’t come out of the womb incapable of ego or imune to temptation. They worked on it. They made it a priority. They solved it like they wouldsolve any other problem: by dedicating themselves to finding a solution, making incremental progressuntil they did.

They became who they are. Just like you can.

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