We are halfway through November and my Christmas tree is already up.  Don’t ask.  It’s just there. But I did get my leaves raked up and hauled away so I have THAT going for me.  Just 7 more weeks to Christmas.  And speaking of Christmas, save Dec 16 for our Christmas dinner and gift exchange at North Third Restaurant.  More details to follow but mark your calendars today.  Spouses and plus ones are welcome.

We are 10 days away from Thanksgiving and our annual Turkey Trot at 7 am.  Run, row or walk a 5K or 20, 25 or 30 minutes time trial.  Earlier enough to still get the bird in the oven but not too early.  Mark your calendar again.

Keep working on the situps and Superman’s for Corevember.  We will update the board on Monday with your total count as of Nov 16.

Here is an excerpt from my daily readings in The Daily Stoic but Ryan Holiday.  Give it some thought.

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ALL IS FLUID

“The university is change.  Life is opinion”- Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 4.3.4b

In Plutarch’s Life of Theseus, he describes how the ship of Theseus, an Athenian hero, was preserved by the people of Athens in battle-ready condition for many centuries.  Each time a board decayed, it would be replaced until eventually every stick of wood in it had been replaced.  Plutarch asks:  Is it still the ship of Theseus, or is it a new one?

In Japan, a famous Shinto shrine is rebuilt every twenty-three years.  It’s gone through more than sixty of those cycles.  Is it one shrine, 1,400 years old?  Or sixty consecutive shrines?  Even the U.S. Senate, given its staggered elections, could be said to have never been fully turned over.  Is it the same body formed in the days of George Washington?

Our understanding of what something is is just a snapshot–an ephemeral opinion.  The universe is in a constant state of change.  Our nails grow and are cut and keep growing.  New skin replaces dead skin.  Old memories are replaced by new memories.  Are we still the same people?  Are the people around us the same?  Nothing is exempt from this fluidity, not even the things we hold most sacred.

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SCHEDULE THIS WEEK-  Monday-Friday 5 am, 6 am, 4:30 pm and 5:30 pm  Saturday Poker at 7 am

WORKOUTS THIS WEEK-  ROW, HELEN, thruster/pushup duet, ROWLING, farmer carry/pushup/squat grinder, POKER

SEE YOU AT THEY GYM

3, 2, 1….

GO!!

DEAN