Accepting What Is
"Don't seek for everything to happen as you wish it would, but rather wish that everything happens as it actually will—then your life will flow well."—EPICTETUS, ENCHIRIDION, 8Today's meditation i
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Binding Our Wishes To What Will Be
"But I haven't at any time been hindered in my will, nor forced against it. And how is this possible? I have bound up my choice to act with the will of God. God wills that I be sick, such is my will.
Following The Doctor's Orders
"Just as we commonly hear people say the doctor prescribed someone particular riding exercises, or ice baths, or walking without shoes, we should in the same way say that nature prescribed someone to
Not Good, Nor Bad
"There is no evil in things changing, just as there is no good in persisting in a new state."—MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 4.42Today's meditation is very true. How many times have we heard from the
A Higher Power
"This is the very thing which makes up the virtue of the happy person and a well-flowing life—when the affairs of life are in every way tuned to the harmony between the individual divine spirit and
Someone Else Is Spinning The Thread
"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 mixes one with the other
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 fre
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
All Is Fluid
"The universe is change. Life is opinion."—MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 4.3.4bToday's meditation is another tough one to compare to trading!What we can say, is that by repetitively sticking to the
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, su
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's notice".—MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATION
The Strong Accept Responsibility
"If we judge as good and evil only the things in the power of our own choice, then there is no room left for blaming gods or being hostile to others."—MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 6.41Today's medit
Never Complain, Never Explain
"Don't allow yourself to be heard any longer griping about public life, not even with your own ears!"—MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 8.9Another interesting meditation today and the same message shoul
You Choose The Outcome
"He was sent to prison. But the observation 'he has suffered evil,' is an addition coming from you."—EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 3.8.5b–6aToday's meditation is a reminder that we can easily presume wha
Everything Is Change
"Meditate often on the swiftness with which all that exists and is coming into being is swept by us and carried away. For substance is like a river's unending flow, its activities continually changing
Hope And Fear Are The Same
"Hecato says, 'cease to hope and you will cease to fear.' . . . The primary cause of both these ills is that instead of adapting ourselves to present circumstances we send out thoughts too far ahead."
Judge Not, Lest...
"When philosophy is wielded with arrogance and stubbornly, it is the cause for the ruin of many. Let philosophy scrape off your own faults, rather than be a way to rail against the faults of others."â
Four Habits Of The Stoic Mind
"Our rational nature moves freely forward in its impressions when it:1) accepts nothing false or uncertain;2) directs its impulses only to acts for the common good;3) limits its desires and aversions
Maxims From Three Wise Men
"For any challenge we should hold three thoughts at our command: 'Lead on God and Destiny, To that Goal fixed for me long ago. I will follow and not stumble; even if my will is weak I will soldier on.
Behold, Now As Ever
"If you've seen the present, you've seen all things, from time immemorial into all of eternity. For everything that happens is related and the same."—MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 6.37Today's medita
Once Is Enough, Once Is Forever
"A good isn't increased by the addition of time, but if one is wise for even a moment, they will be no less happy than the person who exercises virtue for all time and happily passes their life in it.
The Glass Is Already Broken
"Fortune falls heavily on those for whom she's unexpected. The one always on the lookout easily endures."—SENECA, ON CONSOLATION TO HELVIA, 5.3An interesting meditation today and we can use this ana
Attachments Are The Enemy
"In short, you must remember this—that if you hold anything dear outside of your own reasoned choice, you will have destroyed your capacity for choice."—EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 4.4.23I was saying i
Train To Let Go Of What's Not Yours
"Whenever you experience the pangs of losing something, don't treat it like a part of yourself but as a breakable glass, so when it falls you will remember that and won't be troubled. So too, whenever
Funny How That Works Out
"As for me, I would choose being sick over living in luxury, for being sick only harms the body, whereas luxury destroys both the body and the soul, causing weakness and incapacity in the body, and la
The Altar Of No Difference
"We are like many pellets of incense falling on the same altar. Some collapse sooner, others later, but it makes no difference."—MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 4.15Today's meditation is a prime examp
The Pleasure Of Tuning Out The Negative
"How satisfying it is to dismiss and block out any upsetting or foreign impression, and immediately to have peace in all things."— Marcus Aurelius, MeditationsToday's meditation is very interesting
It's Not On Them, It's On You
"If someone is slipping up, kindly correct them and point out what they missed. But if you can't, blame yourself — or no one."— Marcus Aurelius, MeditationsToday's meditation is not really somethi
You're Going To Be OK
"Don't lament this and don't get agitated."— Marcus Aurelius, MeditationsToday's meditation took me right back to when I first started trading and it's most definitely comparable to how my trading m
Follow The Logos
"The person who follows reason in all things will have both leisure and a readiness to act — they are at once both cheerful and self-composed."— Marcus Aurelius, MeditationsToday's meditation is v