Hello there, From time to time I try to look outside our school for some inspiration (while looking to apply our school’s precepts) and I found one such occasion last weekend. One of my neighbours is Austrian and we got to chatting last Sunday. We spoke about all things primordial for life: What is the purpose of it all, how […]
You have ideas, thoughts and opinions. And when you decide on an opinion, you don’t come to it lightly. You evaluate, consider and mull over your options (hopefully) before you come to a conclusion on what your opinions are. But even with all that reflection can you be certain that your opinions are the ultimately correct ones? Not a […]
You have ideas, thoughts and opinions. And when you decide on an opinion, you don’t come to it lightly. You evaluate, consider and mull over your options (hopefully) before you come to a conclusion on what your opinions are. But even with all that reflection can you be certain that your opinions are the ultimately correct ones? Not a […]
Hello there, Work. Work. Work. Work. Work. Work. Work. Work. Work. Work All we do is work. We work at work to make a living. We work at home to make a nice living space for ourselves and our families. We work hard at school to get good grades as an investment in our future, we work hard at the […]
You read it right! Am I claiming that virtue is at the bottom of a bottle? Grab a glass of wine and have a listen to hear the answer. Not a fan of Spotify? Stoicism for a Better Life is available on 8 different platforms including Apple Podcasts, Google podcasts and many others. Listen on your preferred platform or leave […]
Hello there, Summer is around the corner…spring is in the air…vaccines are finding their ways into arms…oh yeah,, I foresee lots more human interaction in our future. With that in mind let’s look at some words from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations X 9: “Drama, combat, numbness, and subservience – everyday these things wipe out your sacred principles, whenever your mind entertains […]
Hello there, We can make all the excuses we want (time, logistics, motivation, etc…), but in reality journaling is not difficult. It can be done in a notebook, in a letter, it could be done during a quiet meditation or reflection…or (in this case) it could be a post. Usually when I write these weekly exercises, they often double as […]
Hello there, For this week’s practical exercise, let us seek some inspiration from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations V 8: “And so accept everything that happens, even if it seems disagreeable, because it leads to this, to the health of the universe and to the prosperity and felicity of Zeus (the universe). For he would not have brought on any man what […]