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“What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.”-- Ecclesiastes 1:9 NIV History isn’t a straight line; it’s a circle. If you look closely at the wreckage of the most powerful empires or the most influential modern careers, you’ll see the same two ghosts haunting the ruins. Every great man throughout history who has tumbled from the heights of greatness, did so onl y for one of two reasons: Lust or Pride.  It doesn’t ma

In our generation, the concept in which we coined “motion” has become the new standard for success. In a nutshell ‘motion’ is essentially having your ‘sh** together’ & developing a great social influence/ network. Most of all ‘motion’ is associated with having an influx or a large sum of money. Integrate social media into the mix and now everyone wants to be seen moving; Whether that be posting vain accomplishments, flexing money, or within what  appears to be exclusive circl

Amor Fati is a principle in stoicism I consistently must remind myself of. Amor Fati literally translates to “Love Fate” from Latin and essentially means to love everything that happens to you, whether it seems ‘good’ or ‘bad’. It’s basically the art of flipping life on its head and deciding, “Whatever comes, I’m going to use it” . It is not pretending everything feels good, but choosing to see everything as usable, meaningful raw material instead of pointless suffering or fo

Everyone talks about “having Goals” as though it’s the golden ticket: Get clear, write down the end result, work hard at it, and then celebrate when you’ve finally checked it off the list. That’s certainly motivational— at least for a while. James Clear, author of the incredible book ,“Atomic Habits,” turns things upside down and says that goals can actually sabotage us if we begin to worship and idolize them. Have you ever reached a goal and immediately felt lost, or maybe

Becoming what you are isn’t about the pursuit of a new version of yourself; it’s about showing who you’ve always been underneath the noise. It’s the process of taking what GOD has embedded inside us — the strength, the creativity, the courage –and bringing it all to the surface. Within the Book of 1 John in the Bible, it’s written; “I have written to you who are young in the faith because you are strong. God’s word lives in your hearts, and you have won your battle with the e

Seneca, A popular Stoic philosopher and Ancient Rome’s leading intellectual figure in the mid-1st century CE once said, “Slavery resides beneath marble and gold.”   The older I get, the more that line hits home. Often most would see this and have the rudimentary takeaway that, yes people can often be slaves to their wealth or materials. Diving deeper, the less affluent also don’t have to maintain foolish pretenses and put on a front to either receive or maintain their status

It’s tempting to experience fear as instinctive: the primal rush of survival energy coursing through our body. When a threat is poised to strike, our biology reacts before we can even think: our heart races, breathing quickens, muscles click into fight or flight mode. Fear, or at this level to differentiate the two I refer to this as the state of ‘being scared’, becomes reflexively triggered. But beyond this reflex, fear becomes something deeper, something we can also choose.

“There is motion in stillness just as there is stillness in motion.” -Alyjawan The Great 10/2023 This statement is paradoxical on the surface, yet it represents the feedback between action and awareness, doing and being. Motion in Stillness  is the interior work that goes on in the inner world. When a writer sits still, eyes closed in focus, the mind moves with rapidity through memory, possibility, and meaning. Meditation, contemplation, even rest—these are not stagnancy, bu

Pretend for a moment that greatness has already affected a man. What distinguishes a good man from a great man who is also good? To understand this nuance, we have to look deeper than the remedial association with one’s success, power, or legacy. A man who is good behaves with decency even when no one is looking; his goodness is founded on humility, integrity, and quiet power. A man who is great and good is even rarer, for he has control and authority accompanied with influen

The issue I have with this remark is that it ignores the authority and supremacy that GOD almighty harbors. We say life is a gift and yet we complain and make crude remarks that ‘I didn’t ask to be here’, but love to engage in the pleasures it provides. How is it that we can claim that Life is the most beautiful ‘gift’ ever and then make it seem as if it was ours from the beginning? If it was gifted to us at birth, then that insinuates that our life was never ours to begin wi

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