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Stoicism

As I drift off to bed at the end of my Tuesday and a lot of you here start yours, I thought I would give you this reading from my ‘Daily Stoics’ book I read.

Marcus repeatedly reminded himself what stoicism is.

These bullet points are helpful to those of us reading thousands of years later, but really they were intended to be helpful to him. Maybe that day he had accepted a bad situation or had acted selfishly. Maybe he had pinned his hopes on something outside his control or complained and fought against something that had happened. Or maybe it had just been a while since he'd thought about these things and wanted a reminder.

Whatever his case was, or whatever ours is today, let's align our minds along these four critical habits:

1. Accept only what is true.

2. Work for the common good.

3. Match our needs and wants with what is in our control.

4. Embrace what nature has in store for us.

Have a terrific day, and just remember you can’t control everything, so just manage the things in your remit.

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