Mike Swigunski
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Wrestling is chaotic and unpredictable. Dancing in general is graceful and predictable. Life then is more like wrestling than it is dancing. Wrestling requires training and the ability to adapt to your opponent. We can come in with a strategy and have that strategy blown away on the first move.
Scott Broome
I am blogging everyday (or nearly everyday) on The Daily Stoic.
Flexibility is what makes us strong. We must adapt to new circumstances and changes to what we know. I like this because it means continuing to learn and understand life and other circumstances gives me purpose. It’s also comforting that I do a lot of these activities already. This past weekend we had something change that altered our weekend. I could have used determination to make it through. Instead the wife and I adjusted and made the best of the situation.
Leon Bublitz
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Thursday - A Different Way to Pray
This reminds me of re-framing thought. Instead of looking at the negative of something it’s better to look at the positive by re-framing the thought. Instead of asking for something, how can I be better about the ask or craving. I think it’s a powerful way to become much happier in life.
Friday - A Garden Is Not For Show
The things I’ve learned studying stoicism has led me to recognize where others could improve in life. While noble it isn’t the best use of my time to preach the benefits of stoicism. Other people have to come to it with an open mind. If we just preach at people that aren’t ready to accept it then it falls on deaf ears. That’s why there’s so much back and forth on social media about politics and all sorts of other topics. Each person has their view and it’s quite difficult to change that view. Nor should we really be trying to change that view for that person. What we want to spend our time on is our own self-improvement and quality of life.
Saturday - Anyone Can Get Lucky, Not Everyone Can Persevere
Greatness comes from those who have been dealt a less than ideal hand in life and still succeed. I seek these people out in life when I’m hiring because I know they’ve been through hardships. If they’ve come out the other side with a good work ethic and great attitude I want them on my team because the work place can some times be brutal.
I’ve had similar struggles in life through school and other relationships. I feel I’ve weathered the storm fairly well and so I identify with others who have had to fight through the struggles of life.
Yesterday - Dealing With Haters
Haters often hate because they have their own internal issues. This is why compassion can be more powerful than a return of hate or anger. I had a lot of haters in middle school and high school. It helped me understand compassion and the fact that I can’t control those people. Often they have issues of their own that fuel the hate.
Today - Dealing With Pain
Pain is never unbearable or unending. Often it’s just another thing that can cloud judgement or cause issues to get worse. Working in IT I quickly realized that I will work extra hours and often times off-hours. What comforted me through those times is that at some point, I will get home and be in my bed asleep. The pain of having to work would never go on unending and at some point there would be a stopping point.
Hilthart Pedersen
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We all have a strong fortress inside. It is not external factors that breach the fortress it’s our own internal thoughts and feelings. The stoic concept of control applies here. We can’t control the external factors that affect our walls. We can control our inner thoughts and choices. Those the only way the fortress is breached is by our thoughts and choices. We are the ones to feel fear in the face of some external factor. The pandemic is a really good example. Fear has overtaken our society and that will unfortunately lead many people to darker times.
Muzammil Soorma
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There have been several times where I thought I knew it all. This started in my teenager years. I often look back on my younger years and realize, I didn’t know it all or had it figured out. I try to keep that in mind now. In golf when I hit a good shot or make par on a hole, the very next shot or hole I may screw it up. Staying humble through out the round is something I’m working. It’s something I’ve worked hard on life. I try not to get to big headed about things. In fact I’ve removed a lot the music in my life that pumps me up and makes me feel like I’m number one. I have a lot to work on and a lifetime to try and remain humble.