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Ignacio Nieto Carvajal

Hope And Fear Are The Same

Hope And Fear Are The Same

The Daily Stoic for November 16th, “Hope And Fear Are The Same”. “Hecato says, ‘cease to hope and you will cease to fear.’ . . . The primary cause of both these ills is that instead of adapting ourselves to present circumstances we send out thoughts too far ahead.” —SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 5.

Everything Is Change

Everything Is Change

The Daily Stoic for November 15th, “Everything Is Change”. “Meditate often on the swiftness with which all that exists and is coming into being is swept by us and carried away. For substance is like a river’s unending flow, its activities continually changing and causes infinitely shifting so that

You Choose The Outcome

You Choose The Outcome

The Daily Stoic -and continuation of yesterday’s- for November 14th, “You Choose The Outcome”. “He was sent to prison. But the observation ‘he has suffered evil,’ is an addition coming from you. —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 3.8.5b–6a On yesterday’s stoic, I explain why I was not able

Never Complain, Never Explain

Never Complain, Never Explain

The Daily Stoic for November 14th, “Never Complain, Never Explain”. “Don’t allow yourself to be heard any longer griping about public life, not even with your own ears!” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 8.9 I’m writing the Daily Stoic for November the thirteen today, the fourteenth. Yesterday I was

The Strong Accept Responsibility

The Strong Accept Responsibility

The Daily Stoic for November 12th, “The Strong Accept Responsibility”. “If we judge as good and evil only the things in the power of our own choice, then there is no room left for blaming gods or being hostile to others. —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 6.41 “The buck stops here”

It's Not The Thing, It's What We Make Of It

It's Not The Thing, It's What We Make Of It

The Daily Stoic for November 11th, “It’s Not The Thing, It’s What We Make Of It”. “When you are distressed by an external thing, it’s not the thing itself that troubles you, but only your judgment of it. And you can wipe this out at a moment’

Always The Same

Always The Same

The Daily Stoic for November 10th, “Always The Same”. “Think by way of example on the times of Vespasian, and you’ll see all these things: marrying, raising children, falling ill, dying, wars, holiday feasts, commerce, farming, flattering, pretending, suspecting, scheming, praying that others die, grumbling over one’s lot,