Dear Henry, By the time you read this, you will know that among all the various mottos and maxims that define how the Hess family approaches life, there is one which stands out as being both the most important, and the simplest; Imua. It’s a Hawaiian word that your
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Anger and Jiu-Jitsu
To put it blithely: When life has you in mount, the solution is not to flail around, a victim of your own passion and panic. Instead, stay calm, breath, and remember that you know how to fix this.
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One could argue that it is this lack of reflecting, and of daily practice that has caused the second reason for my absence. The truth is, that over the last few weeks I have been a pretty rotten Stoic.
Continue readingMindfulness: one of many common threads
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 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 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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“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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