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The Monday Morning Memo

I was having a low day today, full of rage and hatred. It lasted too many hours.

I kept returning to the Stoics, asking them how I could handle it, but the offerings were lightweight. Until one of them said “Come on, amor fati. See what you can make of this heap of shit you’ve been given.” So I turned to some old MMMemos, and halfway through the third one, I came across the “Identity, Purpose, Adventure” exercise. 
 
As I was doing it, I had an idea for something I can do to bring some good into the world.
Then I saw this (above) in the rabbit hole.
Thank heavens for Indy Beagle.
 
– W. from Russia
 

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“Heroes are dangerous things. Bigger than life, highly exaggerated and always positioned in the most favorable light, a hero is a beautiful lie.

We have historic heroes, folk heroes and comic book heroes. We have heroes in books and songs and movies and sport. We have heroes of morality, leadership, kindness and excellence. And nothing is so devastating to our sense of wellbeing as a badly fallen hero. Yes, heroes are dangerous things to have.

The only thing more dangerous is not to have them.

Heroes raise the bar we jump and hold high the standards we live by. They are ever-present tattoos on our psyche, the embodiment of all we are striving to be.

We create our heroes from our hopes and dreams. And then they attempt to create us in their own image.

Most people assume that legends, myths and stories of heroes are simply the byproducts of great civilizations, but I’m convinced they are the cause of them. Throughout history, the mightiest civilizations have been the ones with stories of heroes; larger-than-life role models that inspired ordinary citizens to rise up and do amazing things.”

- Roy H. Williams

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