Happy Mani’s Day!
“Solitary” – A Poem
I travel the world alone
Solitary
I search and wander
Solitary
I am not lost
Solitary
I look for knowledge and wisdom
Solitary
To protect what I love
Solitary
But I do it alone
Solitary
Because none but me should bear the cost.
I remain.
The Rabyd Skald – Wandering Soul, Bard, and Philosopher. The Grey Wayfarer.
Skal!!!
Happy Thor’s Day!
Self-Reliance:
“Self-Reliance is the spirit of independence, which is achieved when each person is their own master and no one else’s’ .”
Vision Point: Be Debt Free by December 31, 2022.
Journal Entry:
In this reworking of my blog, I needed new subtitles for my entries; Foundational, Business and Self being used before. With the need for twelve of these things – one for each virtue – I decided to use the gods and goddesses of Norse mythology to set my posts off. You have already seen Tyr assocaited with Honor and now Self-Reliance is set off by Sif.
I chose Sif because nothing says self-reliance or independence quite like a person who has their own land and works it for themselves. Times may change, but the notion of owning that which brings independence remains the same.
As I redo these you will see which god or goddess gets assocaited with which virtue. Some you may guess easily, others might be more dififuclt.
Until next time.
I remain,
The Rabyd Skald – Wandering Soul, Bard, and Philosopher. The Grey Wayfarer.
Skaal!!!
Happy Thor’s Day!
Journal Entry:
Probably this week could be summed up with the simple act of taking a deep breath before the plunge of getting going. On the one hand, I feel anxious (the good kind) when it comes to my business virtues and that would normally make my vision of the future distorted but a simple deep breath, hold it and then breathe out might be all i need right now.
Self-Reliance:
“Self-Reliance is the spirit of independence, which is achieved when each person is their own master and no one else’s’ .”
Principle: To walk in the spirit of independence by being my own master and no one else’s
Goal: To find and engage a new career path that puts my new degree to work.
Bucket List: To be a published author of at least five books.
I like what I am doing here. My career as a writer needs to become primary, but I feel my secondary career is a good compliment. The main goal of being financially independent is still in front of me.
Industriousness:
“Industriousness is the willingness to work hard, always striving for efficiency, as a joyous activity in itself”
Principle: Work with the enjoyment of work itself.
Goal: To write 1000 words per day for a year.
Bucket List: Write A Novel and Get it Published.
I like any work but I am working toward enjoying what I do as well. I find that what I now need is a greater challenge.
Hospitality:
“Hospitality is the willingness to share what one has with one’s fellows, especially when they are far from home.”
Principle: To share out of my abundance to help people where I can with their life’s journey.
Goal: To begin regular significant donations to The Clergy Project as a way of paying them back.
Bucket List: To own my own home.
Just to want to give back to a group here who has done so much for me. Far more in the last year than all my churches combined ever did.
Higher Virtue – Justice:
Time to do right by myself, time to make it work for me.
Work Day Routine:
I remain,
The Rabyd Skald – Wandering Soul, Bard, and Philosopher. The Grey Wayfarer.
Skaal!!!
Happy Thor’s Day!
Journal Entry:
When it comes to business I want to leverage my recent success into further success. I need to put my new degree to work, get writing more consistently. and find a way to start donating regularly to The Clergy Project.
Self-Reliance:
“Self-Reliance is the spirit of independence, which is achieved when each person is their own master and no one else’s’ .”
Principle: To walk in the spirit of independence by being my own master and no one else’s
Goal: To find and engage a new career path that puts my new degree to work.
Bucket List: To be a published author of at least five books.
My routine needs to include a time to regularly study for my new certification. Other than that things ae the same.
Industriousness:
“Industriousness is the willingness to work hard, always striving for efficiency, as a joyous activity in itself”
Principle: Work with the enjoyment of work itself.
Goal: To write 1000 words per day for a year.
Bucket List: Write A Novel and Get it Published.
.Writing 1000 words every day needs to be a habit.
Hospitality:
“Hospitality is the willingness to share what one has with one’s fellows, especially when they are far from home.”
Principle: To share out of my abundance to help people where I can with their life’s journey.
Goal: To begin regular significant donations to The Clergy Project as a way of paying them back.
Bucket List: To own my own home.
It’s been almost two years since I stopped giving to the church and you know what this donating thing helps my heart a lot but I need to not be to imaginary characters anymore. The Clergy Project has helped me a lot and it is time to pay it forward.
Higher Virtue – Justice:
I need to be focused on advancing myself this year to a good level of extra prosperity. Time to gain back what I lost being a minister for all those years.
Work Day Routine:
I remain,
The Rabyd Skald – Wandering Soul, Bard, and Philosopher. The Grey Wayfarer.
Skaal!!!
Happy Thor’s Day!
Journal Entry:
The Business area of my virtues was the most successful when it regards the goals I had this past year. I found a better paying job, finished my degree and found a support group. 3-0. That’s 4-2 overall which I will take at this point.
The issue for the future is to find goals that move forward with my life beyond faith, building long life and prosperity doing things I enjoy. I want to build on my success so far and take it to another level.
Self-Reliance:
“Self-Reliance is the spirit of independence, which is achieved when each person is their own master and no one else’s’ .”
Principle: To walk in the spirit of independence by being my own master and no one else’s
Goal: Find a new, better paying job by March 2020.
Bucket List: To be a published author of at least five books by March 2029
New Goal: To find and engage a new career path that puts my new degree to work.
I went to school for a reason and I need that to work for me in the area of a new career. I ave actually started something that should fulfill this goal but I am keeping it close to the vest for now.
Industriousness:
“Industriousness is the willingness to work hard, always striving for efficiency, as a joyous activity in itself”
Principle: Work with the enjoyment of work itself.
Goal: Finalize last requirements for my degree – Internship by May 2019 – May 2019 (achieved)
Bucket List: Write A Novel and Get it Published by March 2022.
New Goal: To write 1000 words per day for a year.
Working on my writing career here by being industrious in my efforts to keep up a good word count for the whole Year.
Hospitality:
“Hospitality is the willingness to share what one has with one’s fellows, especially when they are far from home.”
Principle: To share out of my abundance to help people where I can with their life’s journey.
Goal: By March 31st of 2020, to be the leader/participant in a group of some kind. (Goal Achieved
Bucket List: To own my own home by March 2024.
New Goal: To begin regular significant donations to The Clergy Project as a way of paying them back.
I want to help the other faith wayfarers of the world and this seems to be the best way.
Higher Virtue – Justice:
To move forward with my career of being a writer, the support career and being an advocate for those who leave the faith has become something I feel is about being just to myself.
Work Day Routine:
I remain,
The Rabyd Skald – Wandering Soul, Bard, and Philosopher. The Grey Wayfarer.
Skaal!!!
Happy Sol’s Day!
Announcements:
We don’t pray here – we figure God, the gods, goddesses, or whatever powers that be (if any) either know already, don’t give a fuck, or are busy with more important matters than our petty stuff. We also kind of assume that they expect us to do stuff that we can do for ourselves and that we will do them ourselves and not be lazy. We also believe in being good friends, so we don’t presume on our friendship with the powers that be by asking them all the time for stuff while giving them nothing in return.
We also don’t take an offering here. We figure the powers that be probably don’t need it. Let’s be honest, offerings are not given to the divine powers, they are given to an organization to support it. Just being honest. God, the gods or whatever never sees a dime, farthing or peso of that money; it all goes to the church, mosque or shrine.
Theme Song: Trobar de Morte – ‘Summoning The Gods’
Meditation:
Text:
Sermon: ‘Viking Philosophy – Part 3 – Be a Good Merchant’
One of the unknown historical things about the Vikings is that they were good traders. Most see the Vikings as raiders but their main long term objective was trade routes. Now the Vikings if they seemed to have shortcoming militarily it was siege\ing cities so the better strategy was to threaten economic warfare but then offer trade as an alternative to war. Sometimes it was simple once the Vikings colonized they traded with the new colony. In any case, being a good merchant was part fo the game of being a Viking.
Parting Thought:
I remain,
The Rabyd Skald – Wandering Soul, Bard, and Philosopher. The Grey Wayfarer.
Skaal!!!
Happy Thor’s Day!
Journal Entry:
I have achieved all my business goals this year so the issue now is much harder in that I need to raise the stakes here for business as I want to go further and farther. This is challenging for me as I need to improve this area of my life if I want to have some of the things I lost out on by being a minister.
Self-Reliance:
“Self-Reliance is the spirit of independence, which is achieved when each person is their own master and no one else’s’ .”
Principle: To walk in the spirit of independence by being my own master and no one else’s
Goal: Find a new, better paying job by March 2020.
Bucket List: To be a published author of at least five books by March 2029
To launch my secondary career to writing seems to be the thing here. I can’t go into too much detail until it happens but suffice it to say that my counselors and myself approve. I just need to get past some initial hurdles
Industriousness:
“Industriousness is the willingness to work hard, always striving for efficiency, as a joyous activity in itself”
Principle: Work with the enjoyment of work itself.
Goal: Finalize last requirements for my degree – Internship by May 2019 – May 2019 (achieved)
Bucket List: Write A Novel and Get it Published by March 2022.
Writing goals here would be good. Learning to be a disciplined writer should be here and it goes with the bucket list as well.
Hospitality:
“Hospitality is the willingness to share what one has with one’s fellows, especially when they are far from home.”
Principle: To share out of my abundance to help people where I can with their life’s journey.
Goal: By March 31st of 2020, to be the leader/participant in a group of some kind. (Goal Achieved
Bucket List: To own my own home by March 2024.
I want this one to be about more fellowship with my fellow atheists and this means being involved more as an activist. Not sure how to go about that, but I will have to put it into a goal of some kind.
Higher Virtue – Justice:
The most important person to be fair with is me.
Work Day Routine:
I remain,
The Rabyd Skald – Wandering Soul, Bard, and Philosopher. The Grey Wayfarer.
Skaal!!!
Happy Sol’s Day!
Announcements:
We don’t pray here – we figure God, the gods, goddesses, or whatever powers that be (if any) either know already, don’t give a fuck, or are busy with more important matters than our petty stuff. We also kind of assume that they expect us to do stuff that we can do for ourselves and that we will do them ourselves and not be lazy. We also believe in being good friends, so we don’t presume on our friendship with the powers that be by asking them all the time for stuff while giving them nothing in return.
We also don’t take an offering here. We figure the powers that be probably don’t need it. Let’s be honest, offerings are not given to the divine powers, they are given to an organization to support it. Just being honest. God, the gods or whatever never sees a dime, farthing or peso of that money; it all goes to the church, mosque or shrine.
Theme Song: Norse Gains ‘Viking Gym Mix”
Meditation:
Text:
Sermon: ‘Viking Philosophy – Part 2 – Be Brave, Be Aggressive’
There is nothing that perhaps the Vikings are known for more than their aggressive bravery. Born of their belief that those who died in battle went to Vahallah they were fearless in battle. There area few points to remember:
In our world, there is still a place for this in how one tackles life. The Brave and Aggressive will always find honor, wealth and prestige.
Parting Thought:
I remain,
The Rabyd Skald – Wandering Soul, Bard, and Philosopher. The Grey Wayfarer.
Skaal!!!
Happy Thor’s Day!
Journal Entry:
My principles here have given me the most success so far. This year has seen me cross off all three of my goals in this area and it is very much about following my principles here. Turning thought into actions has definitely happened here most of all.
These axes definitely struck true this year.
Self-Reliance:
“Self-Reliance is the spirit of independence, which is achieved when each person is their own master and no one else’s’ .”
Principle: To walk in the spirit of independence by being my own master and no one else’s
Goal: Find a new, better paying job by March 2020.
Bucket List: To be a published author of at least five books by March 2029
The White Knight, the lotto, the bailout are not coming so you better get up and move your own ass to make things happen. To do this means walking in independence and being your own master – own no one, have no one owe you.
Industriousness:
“Industriousness is the willingness to work hard, always striving for efficiency, as a joyous activity in itself”
Principle: Work with the enjoyment of work itself.
Goal: Finalize last requirements for my degree – Internship by May 2019 – May 2019 (achieved)
Bucket List: Write A Novel and Get it Published by March 2022.
I enjoy working for its own sake and this has paid some dividends in life. Now the goal is to find work I enjoy as well.
Hospitality:
“Hospitality is the willingness to share what one has with one’s fellows, especially when they are far from home.”
Principle: To share out of my abundance to help people where I can with their life’s journey.
Goal: By March 31st of 2020, to be the leader/participant in a group of some kind. (Goal Achieved
Bucket List: To own my own home by March 2024.
Being compassionate to those in need is basic humanity. Working hard and being independent is not just a goal for yourself but also should be a goal to teach others around you.
Higher Virtue – Justice:
Being fair mostly to myself these days is the main focus. it now what I want to do so now is the time to embrace it.
Work Day Routine:
I remain,
The Rabyd Skald – Wandering Soul, Bard, and Philosopher. The Grey Wayfarer.
Skaal!!!
Happy Thor’s Day!
Journal Entry:
In the areas of protection of my life, the business virtues protect my prosperity more than any other thing. Mainly, they don’t allow me to fall into the trap of think that someone else is responsible for my prosperity. That belongs to me. It is these virtues that allow me to take responsibility for myself and pursuing prosperity.
I am not looking to be rich by following these virtues I am simply seeking to be self-reliant, industrious and hospitable. It is these virtues that lead to the prosperity I am looking for.
Self-Reliance:
“Self-Reliance is the spirit of independence, which is achieved when each person is their own master and no one else’s’ .”
Principle: To walk in the spirit of independence by being my own master and no one else’s
Goal: Find a new, better paying job by March 2020.
Bucket List: To be a published author of at least five books by March 2029
To be my own master and no one else’s’ requires vigilance. Mostly it requires I watch who has control fo my time. if it isn’t me, then there is a problem. Self- reliance means my time and money are spent as I see fit into according to someone else’s desires.
Industriousness:
“Industriousness is the willingness to work hard, always striving for efficiency, as a joyous activity in itself”
Principle: Work with the enjoyment of work itself.
Goal: Finalize last requirements for my degree – Internship by May 2019 – May 2019 (achieved)
Bucket List: Write A Novel and Get it Published by March 2022.
Working hard and being efficient are things I now value. One allows me to build what I want and the other saves me time, the most precious commodity. Being efficient means more time and energy spent on other things and not getting bogged down on things that don’t matter as much to me and steal my time and resources.
Hospitality:
“Hospitality is the willingness to share what one has with one’s fellows, especially when they are far from home.”
Principle: To share out of my abundance to help people where I can with their life’s journey.
Goal: By March 31st of 2020, to be the leader/participant in a group of some kind. (Goal Achieved
Bucket List: To own my own home by March 2024.
Prosperity is not to be selfish and that requires the virtue of hospitality. It is ultimately this virtue that leads us to more prosperity as we work voluntarily together.
Higher Virtue – Justice:
True justice is found in living free and letting others do the same. You won’t find justice in controlling others only injustice and manipulation, Learning to let people be free is hard at times but it is the only true way to freedom for yourself.
Work Day Routine:
I need to get better at these routines in general. I know the Grey is present because I have the hardest time with these right now.
I remain,
The Rabyd Skald – Wandering Soul, Bard, and Philosopher. The Grey Wayfarer.
Skaal!!!
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