Daily Stoic

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’

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,

The Daily Stoic for November 9th, “All Is Fluid”. “The universe is change. Life is opinion.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 4.3.4b I love those words by Marcus Aurelius. They sound almost as poetry to my ears. And I definitely agree. The universe is in constant change. Life can change

The Daily Stoic for November 8th, “Actors In A Play”. “Remember that you are an actor in a play, playing a character according to the will of the playwright—if a short play, then it’s short; if long, long. If he wishes you to play the beggar, play even

The Daily Stoic for November 7th, “How To Be Powerful”. “Don’t trust in your reputation, money, or position, but in the strength that is yours—namely, your judgments about the things that you control and don’t control. For this alone is what makes us free and unfettered, that

The Daily Stoic for November 6th, “Someone Else Is Spinning The Thread” (Picture courtesy of Sam Lehman). “If the breaking day sees someone proud, The ending day sees them brought low. No one should put too much trust in triumph, No one should give up hope of trials improving. Clotho