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Existentialism: Meaning Versus Meaninglessness

[DISCLAIMER] When serving as military police (MP) while in the United States Marine Corps, assigned to Camp Kinser (1997-1999), I befriended a fellow Texan to whom I’ll refer as “Jugador.” He and I were fairly close when stationed in Okinawa, Japan. However, so went the familiar phrase when I served in the military, Jugador was an “out of sight, out of mind” type of friend. This expression is used to mean that a person stops thinking about something or someone if he or sh

Deric Hollings

May 1916 min read

Consider Your Choices

[ DISCLAIMER ] As Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is informed by Stoic philosophy , this blog entry is part of an ongoing series regarding a book entitled The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living by Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman . The authors quote ancient Stoic philosopher Epictetus who stated, “Consider who you are. Above all, a human being, carrying no greater power than your own reasoned choice , which oversees

The Daily Stoic

Deric Hollings

Apr 159 min read

Meaning Through Work

[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use When living in San Diego, California, I met person X whose dad purchased a 1969 Chevrolet Camaro for his son. Apparently, person X’s dad enjoyed muscle cars in his younger years and wanted a father-son project to work on during person X’s high school years. Person X was an adult when we met, so I saw the completed project. It was a blue Camaro with bold white racing stripes. Although the artificial intelligence image above doesn’t qu

The Daily Stoic

Deric Hollings

Nov 29, 20258 min read