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121 – Anger If Not Restrained…
Read more…: 121 – Anger If Not Restrained…“Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.” ― Seneca Show Notes • Today’s topic is one that is a bit personal to me. It’s something that I struggle with at times. • I’ll get upset about…
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120 – Are You Lucky?
Read more…: 120 – Are You Lucky?“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” ― Seneca Show Notes: – Are you a lucky person?– The Stoics understood that most things in life are out of our control.– The reason that they stress that ideas so much, that we try so hard…
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119 – Who is Your Master?
Read more…: 119 – Who is Your Master?“Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.” ― Epictetus Show Notes: • Stoics believed strongly that we are all in control of our own emotions • One of the…
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118 – Contentment and Desire
Read more…: 118 – Contentment and Desire“True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing. The greatest blessings of…
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117 – Do Good of Your Own Accord
Read more…: 117 – Do Good of Your Own Accord“Even as the Sun does not wait for prayers and incantations to rise, but shines forth and is welcomed by all: so should you not wait for clapping of hands and shouts and praise to do your duty; nay, do good of your own…
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116 – A Good Tale
Read more…: 116 – A Good Tale“As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.” ― Seneca Transcript We live in a time where the average lifespan is almost double what it was 200 years ago. Advances in medicine, sanitation,…
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115 – No Opinion
Read more…: 115 – No Opinion“You always own the option of having no opinion. There is never any need to get worked up or to trouble your soul about things you can’t control. These things are not asking to be judged by you. Leave them alone.” ― Marcus Aurelius…
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114 – Find Your Tribe
Read more…: 114 – Find Your Tribe“The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.” — Epictetus Transcript Have you found your tribe? Have you found that group of people that are your “chosen” family, who just make you feel good? Where you…
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113 – Plenty To Laugh At
Read more…: 113 – Plenty To Laugh At“He who laughs at himself never runs out of things to laugh at.” ― Epictetus Transcript One of the most important things in life is that we don’t take ourselves too seriously. Remember, Stoics keep in the forefront of their minds the knowledge that one…
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112 – Anger Always Outlasts Hurt
Read more…: 112 – Anger Always Outlasts Hurt“How much better to heal than seek revenge from injury. Vengeance wastes a lot of time and exposes you to many more injuries than the first that sparked it. Anger always outlasts hurt. Best to take the opposite course. Would anyone think it normal…
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