B. John Masters
@bjohnmasters.bsky.social
Records and Information Mgmt consultant who enjoys good stories and good discussions. I have a great deal of interest in politics, religion, food and movies, but I enjoy most any topic. Grew up in a small N.C. town, and now live in Tampa
Thinking Our Way to Character Our thoughts are not just passing moods or fleeting opinions. They are the architects of our character. They are the hidden builders of who we become.
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November 12, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Thinking Our Way to Character Our thoughts are not just passing moods or fleeting opinions. They are the architects of our character. They are the hidden builders of who we become.
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What if the biggest battles you face aren't out there, but in here? Thinking Our Way to Character explores how James Allen's century-old wisdom meets Stoic philosophy and modern psychology to show how thought shapes who we become.
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Deep Something | Thinking Our Way to Character
Our thoughts are not just passing moods or fleeting opinions. They are the architects of our character. They are the hidden builders of who we become. James Allen said it more than a century ago: "A m...
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November 12, 2025 at 2:25 AM
What if the biggest battles you face aren't out there, but in here? Thinking Our Way to Character explores how James Allen's century-old wisdom meets Stoic philosophy and modern psychology to show how thought shapes who we become.
Read the full essay wp.me/piyp0-3bI
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We can't control what we'll lose, but we can learn to face it with grace. My latest Stoic Practices essay explores how "negative visualization" turns fear into gratitude. wp.me/piyp0-3bu
Deep Something | Stoic Practices: Negative Visualization
What if imagining loss could make life feel fuller, not darker? The Stoics called it premeditatio malorum—the quiet practice of picturing what could go wrong, not to suffer in advance, but to steady t...
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November 4, 2025 at 9:03 PM
We can't control what we'll lose, but we can learn to face it with grace. My latest Stoic Practices essay explores how "negative visualization" turns fear into gratitude. wp.me/piyp0-3bu
Why would anyone choose discomfort on purpose? The Stoics had an answer: because it prepares us for the world as it really is. In this new essay, I explore the ancient practice of strengthening the mind by meeting minor hardships willingly. deep.mastersfamily.org/voluntary-di...
Deep Something | Stoic Practices: Voluntary Discomfort
When I first began walking, one mile was a struggle. Every step was an argument between my will and my comfort. Over time, those miles became my teacher. What the Stoics called voluntary discomfort is...
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October 30, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Why would anyone choose discomfort on purpose? The Stoics had an answer: because it prepares us for the world as it really is. In this new essay, I explore the ancient practice of strengthening the mind by meeting minor hardships willingly. deep.mastersfamily.org/voluntary-di...
Stoic Practices: Friendship and Mentorship Some people quietly shape the way we see the world. Some do it by teaching. Others, simply by being there year after year, when life tests our convictions.
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October 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Stoic Practices: Friendship and Mentorship Some people quietly shape the way we see the world. Some do it by teaching. Others, simply by being there year after year, when life tests our convictions.
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This Is What You Bought With Your Vote Millions of Americans voted for Donald Trump in 2024, believing he would deliver for farmers, the working class, retirees, and the forgotten small towns.
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October 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
This Is What You Bought With Your Vote Millions of Americans voted for Donald Trump in 2024, believing he would deliver for farmers, the working class, retirees, and the forgotten small towns.
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"To remember that you will die is not an act of despair. It is an act of honesty. When we see that our time is limited, we stop wasting it on things that do not matter."
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Deep Something | Practicing Memento Mori: Learning to Live by Remembering Death
We spend much of our lives pretending we have endless time. The Stoics knew better. Memento Mori—remember that you will die—was not a grim command but a call to live awake. Modern science now confirms...
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October 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
"To remember that you will die is not an act of despair. It is an act of honesty. When we see that our time is limited, we stop wasting it on things that do not matter."
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Stoic Practices: Contemplation of Nature Stoicism teaches that nature is both teacher and law. In a time of rising seas and stronger storms, the lesson feels urgent: to live according to nature now means to remember that we are not outside it.
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October 15, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Stoic Practices: Contemplation of Nature Stoicism teaches that nature is both teacher and law. In a time of rising seas and stronger storms, the lesson feels urgent: to live according to nature now means to remember that we are not outside it.
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Rehearsing Virtue in Small Daily Acts At The Portico café in downtown Tampa, I paused my work to sit with a man who had just been released from prison. He was unsure what to do next.
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October 13, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Rehearsing Virtue in Small Daily Acts At The Portico café in downtown Tampa, I paused my work to sit with a man who had just been released from prison. He was unsure what to do next.
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Stoic Practices: Morning Reflection The mornings came first as exercise. Two years ago, I started walking for my health, beginning with just a few blocks at a time. I carried extra weight then, 187 pounds of it, to be exact.
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October 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Stoic Practices: Morning Reflection The mornings came first as exercise. Two years ago, I started walking for my health, beginning with just a few blocks at a time. I carried extra weight then, 187 pounds of it, to be exact.
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And only in America would people keep voting to put him back into power.
October 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
And only in America would people keep voting to put him back into power.
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Forget Ozempic — the Republican’s weight-loss plan is called “Grocery Store Prices.”
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October 12, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Forget Ozempic — the Republican’s weight-loss plan is called “Grocery Store Prices.”
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Stoic Practices: Attention to the Present Moment Attention does not have to be grand or mystical. It can be a high-school band, thirty students and a tuba, finding themselves perfectly in tune for a few minutes.
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October 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Stoic Practices: Attention to the Present Moment Attention does not have to be grand or mystical. It can be a high-school band, thirty students and a tuba, finding themselves perfectly in tune for a few minutes.
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I did go read, and big surprise, Mike Johnson is lying. I guess his version of the 10 Commandments doesn't include that part about bearing false witness.
October 3, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I did go read, and big surprise, Mike Johnson is lying. I guess his version of the 10 Commandments doesn't include that part about bearing false witness.
I did go read it, and he's lying, but knows people won't go look.
October 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I did go read it, and he's lying, but knows people won't go look.
Living the Last Best Moment - A Stoic Practice Greta Gerwig once said, "You don't know when the last time of something happening is. You don't know what the last great day you'll spend with your best friend is.
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September 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Living the Last Best Moment - A Stoic Practice Greta Gerwig once said, "You don't know when the last time of something happening is. You don't know what the last great day you'll spend with your best friend is.
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Stoic Practices: Role Models The Stoics believed that we learn virtue through example. Marcus Aurelius wrote to himself as if he were a friend, modeling how to live by holding himself accountable to an imagined mentor. Seneca pointed to Cato as a guide.
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September 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Stoic Practices: Role Models The Stoics believed that we learn virtue through example. Marcus Aurelius wrote to himself as if he were a friend, modeling how to live by holding himself accountable to an imagined mentor. Seneca pointed to Cato as a guide.
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Stoic Practices: Journaling Journaling has been with me, on and off, for nearly forty-five years. On some days, the entries were little more than chores and frustrations. On other days, they carried the weight of loss, joy, or change.
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September 25, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Stoic Practices: Journaling Journaling has been with me, on and off, for nearly forty-five years. On some days, the entries were little more than chores and frustrations. On other days, they carried the weight of loss, joy, or change.
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Hope in the Ripples When 150 people filled the hall at Hyde Park United Methodist Church, the room carried more than a discussion of housing, immigration, education, and inclusion. It carried hope.
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September 23, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Hope in the Ripples When 150 people filled the hall at Hyde Park United Methodist Church, the room carried more than a discussion of housing, immigration, education, and inclusion. It carried hope.
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Grief in Pieces Grief often comes in pieces. It's not only the heavy silence of a funeral or the first night alone. It returns later, quietly, when you reach for the phone to call your mother and remember she is gone.
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September 16, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Grief in Pieces Grief often comes in pieces. It's not only the heavy silence of a funeral or the first night alone. It returns later, quietly, when you reach for the phone to call your mother and remember she is gone.
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Friendship and Impermanence Friendships are among life's most unpredictable gifts. Some arrive for only a brief season, while others feel like they'll last forever. Yet nothing is promised.
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September 12, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Friendship and Impermanence Friendships are among life's most unpredictable gifts. Some arrive for only a brief season, while others feel like they'll last forever. Yet nothing is promised.
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TIP FOR CONSERVATIVES:
If you are bereft over the gun shooting of Charlie Kirk, just pretend he was a kid in an elementary school, and you will forget about the whole thing within a minute.
If you are bereft over the gun shooting of Charlie Kirk, just pretend he was a kid in an elementary school, and you will forget about the whole thing within a minute.
September 11, 2025 at 1:39 AM
TIP FOR CONSERVATIVES:
If you are bereft over the gun shooting of Charlie Kirk, just pretend he was a kid in an elementary school, and you will forget about the whole thing within a minute.
If you are bereft over the gun shooting of Charlie Kirk, just pretend he was a kid in an elementary school, and you will forget about the whole thing within a minute.
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We can all agree that violence has no place in political debate. But why didn't PP make a similar statement about the killings off Melissa Hortman and her husband?
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September 10, 2025 at 10:07 PM
We can all agree that violence has no place in political debate. But why didn't PP make a similar statement about the killings off Melissa Hortman and her husband?
#canpoli #canadasky
#canpoli #canadasky