Milo and the Calf

Month: May 2012

  • Running again

    I ran for the first time in over two months last night. It was only three miles on the treadmill, but it felt wonderful. OK, actually, it hurt, but not that bad! And that is a huge improvement over where I’ve been the last couple of times I have tried to run. This has been…

  • Your Occasional Stoic: Marcus on His Mom and Staying Clear of the Habits of the Rich

    From my mother: piety, generosity, the avoidance of wrong-doing and even the thought of it; also simplicity of living, well clear of the habits of the rich. – Meditations 1:3 After 1:2’s foray into “manliness” its nice to see Marcus honor his mother, though much of these attributes are stereotypically feminine, its good to see Marcus wanted to…

  • Your Occasional Stoic: Integrity and “Manliness”

    “From what they say and I remember of my natural father: integrity and manliness” – Marcus Aurelius, Mediations 1:2 Marcus’s natural father was Marcus Annius Verus, a politician.  He died when Marcus was three. “Manliness” — ugh. I don’t even know what that means. I think there’s a lot to learn from the meditations, but…

  • Milo and the Wolves

    There is another story about Milo that is worth remembering.  Milo is walking in the forest when he came upon a tree whose trunk was split down the middle.  To show his strength, Milo places his hands in the split of the tree and attempts to split the tree in two.  He is, however, not…

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    Your Occasional Stoic: Decency and Mild Temper

    “From my grandfather Verus: decency and a mild temper” – Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 1:1 Verus here is Marcus Annius Verus, three time consul and Marcus’s grandfather. Marcus father died when he was very young, and Verus adopted the boy, raising him to adulthood. This first meditation sets the tone for the work, much of what…

  • Hiatus

    Friends, It looks like I am on a long term break from running. I just cannot seem to stay healthy, first it was the ankle issues, then the groin pull and now a very bad case of plantar faciitis that just will not go away. I’m still working out though, and still compelled to write…