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Ignacio Nieto Carvajal

Taking The Bite Out Of It

Taking The Bite Out Of It

The Daily Stoic for December 30th, “Taking The Bite Out Of It”. “To bear trials with a calm mind robs misfortune of its strength and burden. —SENECA, HERCULES OETAEUS, 231–232” Today’s stoic meditation talks again about this formula for being able to face any adversity, from small daily

Give Thanks

Give Thanks

The Daily Stoic for December 29th, “Give Thanks”. “In all things we should try to make ourselves be as grateful as possible. For gratitude is a good thing for ourselves, in a manner in which justice, commonly held to belong to others, is not. Gratitude pays itself back in large

On Being Remembered

On Being Remembered

The Daily Stoic for December 28th, “On Being Remembered”. “Everything lasts for a day, the one who remembers and the remembered.” We all want to be remembered. In my mind, that can be traced back to our animal instincts. Our desire to transcend -by means of our descendants- is nothing

Don't Let Your Soul Go First

Don't Let Your Soul Go First

The Daily Stoic for December 27th, “Don’t Let Your Soul Go First”. “It’s a disgrace in this life when the soul surrenders first while the body refuses to.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 6.29 Do you run? If you do, you probably know that the mind -especially at the

Life Is Long -- If You Know How To Use It

Life Is Long -- If You Know How To Use It

The Daily Stoic for December 26th, “Life Is Long — If You Know How To Use It”. “It’s not at all that we have too short a time to live, but that we squander a great deal of it. Life is long enough, and it’s given in sufficient measure

Don't Burn The Candle At Both Ends

Don't Burn The Candle At Both Ends

The Daily Stoic for December 25th, “Don’t Burn The Candle At Both Ends”. “The mind must be given relaxation—it will rise improved and sharper after a good break. Just as rich fields must not be forced—for they will quickly lose their fertility if never given a break—

Meaningless... Like A Fine Wine

Meaningless... Like A Fine Wine

The Daily Stoic for December 24th, “Meaningless… Like A Fine Wine”. “You know what wine and liqueur tastes like. It makes no difference whether a hundred or a thousand bottles pass through your bladder—you are nothing more than a filter.” —SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 77.16 I was once at