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June 21 - June 22, 2020
It seemed so to them helps you remain grounded and in harmony when a person becomes challenging.
be your best self whether or not everyone else repays the favor.
You can’t control others, and their actions should not control you. If you focus on what is yours—your opinions, impulses, and desires—you will make proper value judgments, take meaningful actions, and be your best self in every relationship.
As you begin your day, remember that you want to be prepared to accept the less-than-perfect people you will meet, but you also should be willing to assist them if the occasion arises.
“The wise person looks to the purpose of all actions, not their consequences; beginnings are in our power but Fortune judges the outcome.”
Finally, choose a few practices to integrate into your daily life. For instance, you can start the day with the morning orientation and end it with the evening reflection. Creating a Stoic routine is grounding.
“Never call yourself a philosopher, or talk a great deal about your principles to the multitude, but act on your principles. For instance, at an entertainment, don’t talk about how people ought to eat, but eat as you ought.”
“You are just an appearance and not the thing you claim to be” mantra.
When I first started practicing Stoicism in earnest, I wrote a few phrases onto a piece of paper that I carried in my pocket. Whenever I felt stress rising, I unfolded that page and picked whatever phrase I needed to center myself.
Peace can also be maintained by viewing your present troubles in light of the entire world. The view from above is meant to expand your consciousness beyond the personal toward a more universal mind-set.
“Waste no more time thinking about what a good person should be, just be one.”
seek out online Stoic forums.
A website called The Stoic Fellowship collects the details of a variety of Stoic meetups that happen across the world.
I suggest that you first read the Enchiridion. The Enchiridion, or handbook, is a collection of Epictetus’s sayings compiled by one of his students.
find yourself a copy of Meditations by Marcus Aurelius.
Seneca wrote so much, and we have access to a lot of it. I suggest you first read his Letters from a Stoic.
The website Modern Stoicism will provide you with Stoic articles from a variety of perspectives.
