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Anyone Can Get Lucky, Not Everyone Can Persevere

Anyone Can Get Lucky, Not Everyone Can Persevere

The Daily Stoic for September 16th, “Anyone Can Get Lucky, Not Everyone Can Persevere”. “Success comes to the lowly and to the poorly talented, but the special characteristic of a great person is to triumph over the disasters and panics of human life.” —SENECA, ON PROVIDENCE, 4.1 Today’s

A Garden Is Not For Show

A Garden Is Not For Show

The Daily Stoic for September 15th, “A Garden Is Not For Show”. “First practice not letting people know who you are—keep your philosophy to yourself for a bit. In just the manner that fruit is produced—the seed buried for a season, hidden, growing gradually so it may come

A Different Way To Pray

A Different Way To Pray

The Daily Stoic for September 14th, “A Different Way To Pray”. “Try praying differently, and see what happens: Instead of asking for ‘a way to sleep with her,’ try asking for ‘a way to stop desiring to sleep with her.’ Instead of ‘a way to get rid of him,’ try

Protecting Our Inner Fortress From Fear

Protecting Our Inner Fortress From Fear

The Daily Stoic for September 13th, “Protecting Our Inner Fortress From Fear”. “No, it is events that give rise to fear—when another has power over them or can prevent them, that person becomes able to inspire fear. How is the fortress destroyed? Not by iron or fire, but by

Be Down To Earth, Or Be Brought Down

Be Down To Earth, Or Be Brought Down

The Daily Stoic for September 12th, “Be Down To Earth, Or Be Brought Down”. “Zeno always said that nothing was more unbecoming than putting on airs, especially with the young.” —DIOGENES LAERTIUS, LIVES OF THE EMINENT PHILOSOPHERS, 7.1.22 In my view, today’s stoic meditation is all about

What Would Less Look Like?

What Would Less Look Like?

The Daily Stoic for September 11th, “What Would Less Look Like?”. “Let us get used to dining out without the crowds, to being a slave to fewer slaves, to getting clothes only for their real purpose, and to living in more modest quarters.” —SENECA, ON TRANQUILITY OF MIND, 9.3b

Preparing On The Sunny Day

Preparing On The Sunny Day

The Daily Stoic for September 10th, “Preparing On The Sunny Day”. “Here’s a lesson to test your mind’s mettle: take part of a week in which you have only the most meager and cheap food, dress scantly in shabby clothes, and ask yourself if this is really the