Stoicism teaches acceptance, not of all things (there is a time to fight, and I time to flee) but of most things. Because if we reflect on our day, our week, our year and if we are truly honest with ourselves, most of the times we got angry, or hurt, or defensive, in the grand scheme of things, it was over nothing.
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The Dichotomy of Control and Why I don’t Mind Getting my Butt Kicked in Jiu Jitsu
The idea is simple to explain, but as with so many other things, it is hard to put into practice. It is the infamous Dichotomy of Control. “This is, of course, the idea that Stoics distinguish between things that are completely under control and things that are not, advising us to let go of the latter and focus on the first.”
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“Waste No More Time Arguing What A Good Man Should Be. Be One.” – Marcus Aurelius I am tempted to write something of an introduction, and at the same time, a part of me thinks it would be best to simply jump right in. I am not writing any of
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