Stoic Lifestyle Design for the Modern Age
Can you win a challenge to be positive for just one day? One 24 hour period can you not have a negative thought or comment to the world? I am sure that a lot of readers are like me thinking, “of course, I am a very positive person”. The problem is that we need to…
I don’t know why anyone would think it strange to take their life lessons from my dog. Stoic lifestyle design encompasses all that my dog has to offer. She could teach the rest of us what life is all about. I cannot imagine being as happy with life as my dog is. She is able…
The Virtue of Courage is the ability to stay strong and in control of our emotions in the face of adversity. We think of valor when the word courage is being thrown around but there is so much more to this Stoic virtue than marching into battle. Bringing this virtue into the modern age through…
The Virtue of Wisdom will be my first discussion as part of my series on the pillars of Stoic Virtues. The Stoic Virtue of Wisdom is the ability to know or understand what is good, what is bad and what is indifferent or neither good or bad. This is one of the cornerstones of the…
Amor Fati – Love the Hand You are Dealt. The literal meaning of Amor Fati is love of fate. Humans are always striving to the next level. Not paying attention to the now but looking forward to what their next chapter will be. Amor Fati means to work with what you have and be the…