Stoicism

were, and not as he wanted them to be

today I will be meeting ingratitude, insolence, selfishness, interference and ill-will – all due to the offender’s ignorance of good and evil. By doing this, his intention was not to start his day on a sour note, but rather to prepare himself to face things as they

Being a Stoic means you must act in the world, but not to create a particular

Many of the things that we desire, which we believe will make our lives better, are not within our power to acquire

we should control what we desire

something that they craved or taking cold showers, in order to foster a greater appreciation for food or warmth, for instance.

Focus on the Present

Practice the Virtues You Can Demonstrate

Draw strength from others

By embracing the vastness of the cosmos, he believed we would be able to see how superfluous our troubles really are in the context of infinity and how short the time from birth to death really is