En la antigua Grecia, las mujeres tenían prohibido estudiar medicina, hasta que alguien rompió la ley.
Un día Hagnódica se cortó el pelo y entró en la facultad de medicina de Alejandría vestida de hombre. Mientras caminaba por las calles de Atenas tras completar sus estudios de medicina, oyó los gritos de una mujer de parto. Sin embargo, la mujer no quería que Hagnódica la tocara, a pesar del intenso dolor, porque creía que Hagnódica era un hombre.
Hagnódica demostró su identidad femenina desnudándose y ayudando a la mujer a dar a luz. La historia pronto se extendió entre las mujeres, y todas las enfermas comenzaron a acudir a Hagnódica.
Los médicos varones, envidiosos, acusaron a Hagnódica, a quien creían hombre, de seducir a sus pacientes
En su juicio, Hagnódica compareció ante el tribunal y demostró su identidad femenina, pero esta vez fue condenada a muerte por estudiar y ejercer la medicina siendo mujer. Las mujeres se rebelaron contra la sentencia, especialmente las esposas de los jueces que la habían condenado a muerte.
Algunos decían que si Hagnódica moría, morirían con ella. Incapaces de soportar la presión de sus esposas y otras mujeres, los jueces anularon la condena de Hagnódica , y a partir de entonces, las mujeres pudieron ejercer la medicina, siempre y cuando solo atendieran a mujeres.
Así, Hagnódica dejó su huella en la historia como la primera médica, ginecóloga y especialista en medicina griega.
Esta placa que representa a Hagnódica trabajando fue excavada en Ostia, Italia.
Everyone should read this story…
One day, a young warrior was walking to his training when he spotted his teacher, a master warrior, tending to plants in the garden.
He approached cautiously and stood quietly, not wanting to disturb the man from whom he had learned so much.
“What is it you want?” Asked the master warrior, without breaking focus from the plants.
The student replied, “Why do we train for war? Would it not be more tranquil and serene to be a gardener and tend the plants?"
The master paused, turned to the student, and smiled.
“Tending the garden is a relaxing pastime, but it does not prepare one for the inevitable battles of life. It’s easy to be calm in such a serene setting. It’s hard to be calm when under attack.”
The student nodded and turned away, satisfied with the answer, but the master wasn’t finished.
“It is far better to be a warrior tending his garden than a gardener at war.”
I think about that story almost every day.
Because here’s the truth we all know: Life is hard. Chaos, uncertainty, failure, struggle, pain, loss. All of those things are a natural part of being alive. They’re not good or bad. They just are.
And most of the time, you don’t get to choose the battles that come to your doorstep. You don’t get to pick the adversaries you prefer. You can’t negotiate the timing or the terms. There’s no “timeout” if you’re not ready. There’s no holding period if you don’t like what you see.
The simple truth is that you meet life‘s inevitable battles at precisely the level of your preparation.
That preparation is built upon the hard things you chose when you didn’t have to choose them:
• The early mornings you endured.
• The focus you engaged.
• The boundaries you held.
• The commitments you honored.
• The difficult conversations you initiated.
Every single time you embrace voluntary struggle, you prepare yourself for the involuntary struggle that will inevitably come.
You don’t become invincible. You become capable.
Capable of staying calm when others panic. Capable of thinking clearly when things fall apart. Capable of leading, serving, protecting, and persisting when the moment calls your name.
Because one day, it will.
A loss. A setback. A betrayal. An unexpected blow.
And when that day comes, you will not meet the moment at the level of your hopes. You will meet it at the level of your preparation.
So, choose the hard things today. Choose the habits, the disciplines, the conversations, the commitments. Choose the voluntary struggles.
This is how you face the chaos of war with an internal calm.
This is how you become, as Marcus Aurelius once wrote, “like the rock that the waves keep crashing over...unmoved and the raging of the sea falls still around it.”
This is how you stand ready when the battle arrives at your door.
Remember: It’s better to be a warrior in the garden than a gardener at war.
The minutes, days, hours, and weeks fly by. Your body will start to fail you. Your kids will grow up and leave the house. Your parents will age and pass away.
If you aren’t deliberate and thoughtful, 10 years will go by in a flash, and you’ll still be working the same dead-end job with the same unmotivated people. Your window to make it in life and your ability to take risks will pass you by, and it’ll be too late.
I have an extreme scarcity mindset when it comes to time because it is the only thing you can’t get back.
If I spend $250,000 on a new business venture and it fails, it stings. But even though I like money just as much as the next person, it is relative.
You can always make more money. There is literally an infinite amount of $$$ in this world, and it has your name on it if you spend your time making the right decisions and doing the right things.
Most think about scarcity when it comes to capital, more should be thinking about scarcity when it comes to TIME!
Discipline your thoughts, stop thinking too much, don't go into the past, don't go into the future. Be in the present.Why? Because only then it is possible that the mind is free. The capacity is free and now you are completely immersed into whatever you are doing.
Pain forges motivation—raw fire reshaping your soul. It etches change into your bones, a scar screaming: never cease the grind. Push through shadows, emerge victorious. Thanks, pain, for unbreakable will.
Let them, I’m separating someone else’s emotions and expectations from my own responsibility. I choose authenticity over attachment. I am staying connected to myself.
The highest form of recovery from dealing with narcissistic people is achieving true indifference—you no longer care if they get hit by a bus tomorrow or win a million in the lottery. You simply don't care anymore.