Sometimes when we ask questions of life like,
‘What am I supposed to do with my life?’
‘Where will I end up?’
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Gumnasia, pronounced: goom-nas-ee’-ah, is the ancient Greek word for gymnasium.
The gymnasiums in ancient Greece were more than the gyms we know today. Along with physical exercise, wrestling, and steam baths the sessions also ended with philosophical study, training, and discussion.
This daily blog is my thoughts on how I want to do better and be better. If you want to train with me, then sign up below or check in every weekday. The Greeks and Romans trained in the nude, that is what the word Gymnasium actually means, to train naked.
We need to practice living and we need to train to be proper humans. Training naked has no pretense and nothing to hide. So, this isn’t a declaration or a broadcast, nor do I have all the answers, but it is an invitation. An invitation to train with me to do better, uncensored and with no egos.
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pierre
Sometimes when we ask questions of life like,
‘What am I supposed to do with my life?’
‘Where will I end up?’
Read MoreI really dislike, no, hate that question.
I hate it because it is really difficult for me to answer, and there is so much baggage with all the words that are used to describe what I do
Read MoreWe live very open lives, in fact, our entire lives are plastered all over the internet. In the not too distant future anonymity will be the new celebrity, the most famous person the one without a name.
One of the worst torture techniques, apparently, is ‘white room torture’ where
Read MoreMy friend Thomas told me this interesting bit of history over the weekend; that urine was used to clean clothes in ancient Rome. They collected
Read MoreI’ve been reading Seth Godin’s latest book, This is Marketing, it’s good, you should get it.
One of the main questions he asks in the book is,
Read MoreHere’s an interesting fact, back in the day, when missionaries used to travel by ship to the other side of the world they only bought a one way ticket and a coffin.
Read MoreI write these emails first thing in the morning, usually around 5:30.
I do this because I want to
Read MoreThe last double edge sword quality that we find in a warrior is her motivation.
Read MoreThe second double edged aspect of the warrior, is control, and specifically control of the self.
The image here is of a Khoisan hunter crouching for hours,
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Read MoreThere is a great line in The Hobbit, when Gandalf is talking to Bilbo about going on an adventure with the dwarfs. You see, Bilbo was not only a Baggins, there was Took on his mother’s side, and the Tooks were adventurers.
Read MoreI’ve been musing lately about the speeches and the actual physical movement of the civil rights protestors under the leadership of Martin Luther King jr.
Read MoreThomas De Quincey call it the formidable curse of life, taedium vitae - the tedium of life. In other words the ordinariness of life, boredom. Boredom is the least tolerable of human states.
Read MoreHere is a little jewel I picked up, you expand by relaxing. It seem counterintuitive almost, but makes complete sense when you think about. If you want more, wider, bigger, then relax.
Read MoreYesterday was rough, people close to us’ son passed away. He was just a few days old. The day before
Read MoreAt the beginning of the year I always want to decide what I want to be, not so much what I want to do.
The question that I have been asking myself over the last two months is do I want to be safe, or do I want to be strong?
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