Read This if You’re Stressed
“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.” ― Marcus Aurelius
A moment of vulnerability here.
I have a tendency to exaggerate problems.
I do this without knowing it. A simple issue may spiral out into an avalanche, leaving me lost and buried under a rubble of problems that doesn’t even exist yet.
You may relate.
Stoic Philosophy has helped me think about external circumstances differently.
Aside from refining the wine process and labeling bottles with the year and type of grapes, Stoicism may be the greatest contribution to the world by way of the Greeks.
The timeless lessons from the Stoics spread throughout Rome and played an influential role in Marcus Aurelius’s life.
Touted as one of the last great emperors of Rome, Marcus Aurelius, who ruled from 161 to 180 AD, led with humility, integrity and grace and was often praised by his people for consistently maintaining stability and order in the empire.
