I've learnt that when I can let go, I tend to live a happier life. This happiness I carry with me seem to also radiate and affect other people positively as well.
Forcing things too hard works against you.
Whenever you feel lost, you just have to survive then keep improving. Once you have found direction in life, you just have to put everything you got into it.
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- Every moment is a gift. We did not earn it. It was given to us. And it is the most valuable thing we have. With all the opportunities and experiences it contains.
Think Like a Roman Emperor key takeaways:
Chapter 1: the dead emperor
- A stoic needs no external advantages. He uses what he has well. A fool would look for external advantages to improve and end up in misery. (e.g. poor person with money will still end up poor or even worse
- Stoics believe that good emotions are a bonus to life so they cherish it and understand the importance when good thing happen to them
- Stoics believe that our bad reactions are natural to us. In order to have virtues such as courage we need to have fear in the first place to