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Expect To Change Your Opinions

Expect To Change Your Opinions

The Daily Stoic for April 7th. “Expect To Change Your Opinions”: “There are two things that must be rooted out in human beings—arrogant opinion and mistrust. Arrogant opinion expects that there is nothing further needed, and mistrust assumes that under the torrent of circumstance there can be no happiness.

Prepare Yourself For Negativity

Prepare Yourself For Negativity

The Daily Stoic meditation for April 6th. “Prepare yourself for negativity”. “When you first rise in the morning tell yourself: I will encounter busybodies, ingrates, egomaniacs, liars, the jealous and cranks. They are all stricken with these afflictions because they don’t know the difference between good and evil. Because

Trust, But Verify

Trust, But Verify

The Daily Stoic for April 5th. “Trust, but verify”. “First off, don’t let the force of the impression carry you away. Say to it, ‘hold up a bit and let me see who you are and where you are from—let me put you to the test’ . . .” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES,

Don't Let This Go To Your Head

Don't Let This Go To Your Head

The Daily Stoic for April 4th: “Don’t let this go to your head” “Make sure you’re not made ‘Emperor,’ avoid that imperial stain. It can happen to you, so keep yourself simple, good, pure, saintly, plain, a friend of justice, god-fearing, gracious, affectionate, and strong for your proper

Deceived And Divided

Deceived And Divided

The Daily Stoic for April 3rd. “Deceived and divided”. “Circumstances are what deceive us—you must be discerning in them. We embrace evil before good. We desire the opposite of what we once desired. Our prayers are at war with our prayers, our plans with our plans.” —SENECA, MORAL LETTERS,

Be Wary Of What You Let In

Be Wary Of What You Let In

The Daily Stoic for April 2nd: “Be wary of what you let in”: “Drama, combat, terror, numbness, and subservience—every day these things wipe out your sacred principles, whenever your mind entertains them uncritically or lets them slip in.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 10.9 I think today’s stoic has

The Color Of Your Thoughts

The Color Of Your Thoughts

“The color of your thoughts”, inaugurates a new section in our Daily Stoic journey, “Unbiased Thought”. Curious to see where this takes us. “Your mind will take the shape of what you frequently hold in thought, for the human spirit is colored by such impressions.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 5.16