“The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.” – Marcus Aurelius The challenges we take on are often not resolved by changing circumstances but by us changing. Be creative and determined, adapt better, let … Continue reading “Head On” →
“When a person spends all his time in foreign travel, he ends by having many acquaintances, but no friends.” -Seneca In all matters, would you rather go 100 feet wide and 1 foot deep? Or 1 foot wide and 100 … Continue reading “Go Deep” →
“No matter what anyone says or does, my task is to be good.” – Marcus Aurelius Our only obligation is to do the right thing. To align ourselves with the good. Our purpose as humans is to act with virtue … Continue reading “Be Good No Matter What” →
“Each one of us needs what nature gives us, when nature gives it.” – Marcus Aurelius. What happens at any given moment may not be what we want, but it is often what we need. Failure is painful, but it … Continue reading “Receive nature’s gifts” →
“You are a little soul carrying about a corpse, as Epictetus used to say.” – Marcus Aurelius Our reality is humble. We are each only one of 7 billion people, even more if we stretch this out through time. Each … Continue reading “The freedom of humility” →
“How much more damage anger and grief do than the things that cause them.” – Marcus Aurelius Our opinions are typically much more damaging than actual events. How many times have you said something silly and thought about it for … Continue reading “Choose Empowering Opinions” →
“The greatest remedy for anger is delay.” – Seneca We aren’t purely stimulus-response animals. We do have the ability to make choices. Feeling anger, or anything else is human. However, due to our unique ability to reason, we can wait … Continue reading “Give it a second” →
“Your good fortune consists in not needing good fortune” – Seneca Happy people are rarely happy because of their circumstances. They are happy because of who they choose to be. The most fortunate people aren’t the ones who everything works … Continue reading “How to always be lucky” →
“Of all people only those are at leisure who make time for philosophy, only they truly live. Not satisfied to merely keep good watch over their own days, they annex every age to their own.” If we are to make … Continue reading “Love to Learn” →
“It’s courtesy and kindness that define a human being‚ and a man.” – Marcus Aurelius Exercising our choice to extend courtesy to others requires cultivating disciplined character. Showing others kindness, especially when we may have been wronged, is tremendously difficult. … Continue reading “Choose Kindness – for them and you” →