Clark W Merrill: 2022

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When we use criticism whether it is justified or not, is it being used to fulfill our own needs? Criticism is usually an exercise in futility.

Dean Searle

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To sleep little, and to study much; to say little, and to hear and think much; to learn, that we may be able to do, and then to do, earnestly and vigorously, whatever may be required of us by duty, and by the good of our fellows ... and mankind.

A.Pike

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The strong do what they can. The weak struggle with what they must.

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Change always comes later than we think it should. Have patience. Stay the course.

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It's not what happens to us that affects us... It is our opinion of what happens to us which affects us.

Dean Searle

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I realize it's easier to be angry than sad, so when I encounter angry people, I cut them some slack.

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I was asked if stoicism and belief in God is congruent. My answer...

I consider myself on a path of stoicism. My idea of God has significantly changed. I do believe in the ALL.  The evidence of God I believe it's all around me, within me. I believe that the creator is so far outside of my human understanding that I couldn't possibly grasp the ALL. This way of thinking has benefit for me.  It has helped me release dogmatic religions and greatly increased my own self esteem.   I no longer find myself caught up in conversations where someone is trying to cultivate me into their dogma.  That in itself has given me great respite, aiding in my stoic path.

So my answer is yes.

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Love often reflects itself in a promise made and a promise kept.

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How long can you afford to put off who you really want to be? The longer you wait, the more you’ll be vulnerable to mediocrity and feel filled with shame and regret, because you know you are capable of better.

~Epictetus 

I relate to this. I know now that we are more capable than we ever thought possible. 

I strive each day to be the best version of myself and I have never been more fulfilled. I invest myself to my integrity, my character and I invest myself to my relationships because I see this truth.

I call to those whom I may have disappointed, hurt and left estranged in my past. Please, I would love nothing more than to be reacquainted with you now.

This call isn't a lack of boundaries it is a call of vulnerability because I believe it may have great value for us. I believe we are far better together than apart. 

I love you all. Clark

Clark Merrill

Each night when I go outside and I look up at the stars I'm in awe. How wonderous and majestic the beauty of creation.

I hear the words of my mother singing a nursery rhyme.

I see the moon, the moon sees me... the moon sees somebody I wanna see. God-bless the moon, God-bless me, God-bless somebody I wanna see.

Even though mom's passed away, I see her everyday.

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This masterpiece by my lovely daughter Karlen

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Knowledge leads to Understanding, Understanding leads to Wisdom (Sophia) and Wisdom leads to Will, God's Will.

May you be One with Sophia.

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From idle to ideal...

This is the path.
CMerrill

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Character is up to us, reputation is out of our control. We may be able to have some impact upon our reputation however walk into a room of a hundred people; how many reputations do you have? Each person in that room has a different opinion of you. Let us focus on what we can control.

Clark Merrill

As soon as you are born you're given a name, a religion, a nationality and a race. Then you defend that fictional position until you decide what is truly best for yourself.

To thine own self be true.  
W.Shakespeare

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Would you do it?

Glory in the WORK and WORK in the Glory.

Yesterday concerns me no longer,

tomorrow concerns me not yet.

Time

Losing some cash is alarming to us but losing time isn't.

To change that paradigm seems a noble goal.

Leonardo da Vinci

Nothing Strengthens authority so much as silence.