Separated by culture, language, politics and centuries, all of these philosophies have commonalities which seem ever present. These and religions I haven’t discussed today all contain ideas which ring true regardless of which god one prays to.
Continue readingDoes this make me happier?
By knowing what we can and can’t control, by loving fate, by knowing that our perceptions are not fact, and by filling our lives with mindfulness and gratitude, we can live effective lives. Effective and, crucially, happy lives.
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Move Thyself…
For the vast majority of those things, those obstacles, there is nothing we could do to avoid them. Still less we can do to remove them from our path. What we can control, is our perceptions of the obstacle and how we choose to react.
Continue reading50 Shades of Red: The Stoics on Anger
Anger is a weakness. True strength is being able to hold yourself together and maintain the ability to reason regardless of what happens externally.
Continue readingLove Fate: An Antidote to Disappointment
The stoics ask us to go even further than acceptance though. They tell us not just to accept fate, but to love fate. Realize that in so many moments in our life, the thing that we thought a curse, is, in fact, a blessing.
Continue readingWhat me Worry?
After ejection … I whispered to myself: I’m leaving the world of technology and entering the world of Epictetus …
Continue readingAttitude: It Takes no Talent to Hustle
Recently, I was present to overhear someone explain a Stoic idea to children, and I nearly laughed out loud at how simple the concept could be (and how complicated I often make it). Instead of talking about…
Continue readingThe Man in the Arena
We can become so internally focused, we begin to avoid the external; for fear that it will damage our stoic Ataraxia. We hermitize ourselves in order to avoid that which may cause us harm.
Continue readingBetter Every Day: What to do when you have no idea what you’re doing…
Ensuring that everything in our lives makes us happier, richer, or most importantly, better is a simple idea, but it is no easy task. It requires introspection, clarity, and no small amount of discipline.
Continue readingMarcus Breaks it down: Perception, Action, Will
Marcus Aurelius makes it easy today. He lays out the three basic pillars of his entire take on stoicism
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