Stoicism for a Better Life – Weekly exercise (November 6, 2019)

Hello there,

It’s week 40 (so a 10th week) and we all know what that means – “Carte blanche”. Epictetus Discourses I 29 57:

“What we need now are people to apply their learning and be witness to their learning in their actions. Please, be the one to take on this character, I am tired in my teaching of invoking examples from the past, I want to be able to hold up an example from my own time.“

Carte blanche means pick one exercise that resonated with you from the past ten weeks (list of PEotW exercises can be found on r/practicingstoicism) and practice it. Practice it with such fervour and discipline and drive that you can be an example for the rest of us. We do not need someone from 2000 years ago to show us how to be a better Stoic and a better human being. We know their words and teachings, and have many contemporaries today with the same capacity for self-discipline and drive to be better.

So this week (on week carte blanche) pick an exercise and be an example on that one thing for everyone around you, including this online Stoa (forum). For one area of practice in your life this week, be the person you want to be and know you can be because you can. Let us know what you are doing and how it is progressing.

As always, much love to you all and I wish you a wise, tranquil and productive week.

 Anderson Silver(Author of “Your User’s Manual” and “Vol 2: Your Duality Within”)