"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature."
"When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love."
"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane."
"Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear."
"Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a misfortune' but 'To bear this worthily is good fortune.'"
“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”
“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.”
You are now well armed, by one of the greatest humans to walk this Earth, Marcus Aurelius.
I am a Marcus fan, believer, acolyte, whatever it's called.
Please, please read "Meditations", to start your journey.
Imagine if you will that you are made king of the entire known universe. And instead of deciding that you are going to fuck all day and eat amazing food and drink stupendous wine, you decided to become a REAL MAN instead. Whatever it takes. Or REAL HUMAN, for the ladies, here.
That is Marcus. One of the best humans that ever lived, in my estimation.
Follow Marcus. He will point the way. And the more you follow Marcus, the more it will nicely dovetail into following Jesus' teachings, if you object to the idea of following someone other than Jesus. Logic is as logic does and the rules of the universe are chaos or love and you choose. Choose love.
Yes. Stoicism has been vilified in the Western mind as being inhuman, or uncaring, etc.
No one cares about you more than Jesus. The next one in line is Marcus. His message to you reaches across the stardust and its only goal is to make your life great.
If we can learn to see what we have as an amazing gift, whatever happens, we can be happy. If we instead allow those who wish to make our lives miserable to chain up to the ring on our nose, we're going to get pushed, pulled, and prodded. None of which is gonna be a fun time. Say NO. Claim your sovereignty. You own you. You decide how you think about anything. Or you and Jiminy Cricket (JC = Jesus Christ) on your shoulder, if that is how you roll (and I hope it is).
I assume it's a provocation to see if I am not one of those. That's cool. All assertions must survive the fire!
What I mean, in this ridiculous method of communication here, is that we must all become the best versions of what we can be. A real man is one that pushed himself to the end of his abilities, and did not break. And maintained his faith/stayed true to his direction. Or with careful thought changed his direction!
A "real man" is not what we see in movies. A real man is he who is seen with favor by the Lord. Righteous, or perhaps these days we could say "congruent". You say what you will do, and you do what you say you will do, and you're not a liar or a hypocrite. And hopefully you also know that pasta should be served al dente. Otherwise you are hopeless.
Feel free to probe the wounds, Tomas. You are on my team.
P.S. One warning I will provide is that his son was a total shitbird. Commodus. He is the "Caesar" of the movie Gladiator.
It in a way is another lesson.
You have the power over yourself. You can influence others, but not control them. If your own son wants to become a shitbird, you cannot actually prevent that.
"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature."
"When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love."
"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane."
"Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear."
"Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a misfortune' but 'To bear this worthily is good fortune.'"
“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”
“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.”
You are now well armed, by one of the greatest humans to walk this Earth, Marcus Aurelius.
Peace be with you.
These are fantastic!
Thank you u/marvinthehaggler 👈🏻
Are they all from one book or have you gathered them from various sources?
I am a Marcus fan, believer, acolyte, whatever it's called.
Please, please read "Meditations", to start your journey.
Imagine if you will that you are made king of the entire known universe. And instead of deciding that you are going to fuck all day and eat amazing food and drink stupendous wine, you decided to become a REAL MAN instead. Whatever it takes. Or REAL HUMAN, for the ladies, here.
That is Marcus. One of the best humans that ever lived, in my estimation.
Follow Marcus. He will point the way. And the more you follow Marcus, the more it will nicely dovetail into following Jesus' teachings, if you object to the idea of following someone other than Jesus. Logic is as logic does and the rules of the universe are chaos or love and you choose. Choose love.
Ah, thank you Marvin! It's called being a stoic, right?
I will check the book out!
Yes. Stoicism has been vilified in the Western mind as being inhuman, or uncaring, etc.
No one cares about you more than Jesus. The next one in line is Marcus. His message to you reaches across the stardust and its only goal is to make your life great.
If we can learn to see what we have as an amazing gift, whatever happens, we can be happy. If we instead allow those who wish to make our lives miserable to chain up to the ring on our nose, we're going to get pushed, pulled, and prodded. None of which is gonna be a fun time. Say NO. Claim your sovereignty. You own you. You decide how you think about anything. Or you and Jiminy Cricket (JC = Jesus Christ) on your shoulder, if that is how you roll (and I hope it is).
What's a "real man?"
I assume it's a provocation to see if I am not one of those. That's cool. All assertions must survive the fire!
What I mean, in this ridiculous method of communication here, is that we must all become the best versions of what we can be. A real man is one that pushed himself to the end of his abilities, and did not break. And maintained his faith/stayed true to his direction. Or with careful thought changed his direction!
A "real man" is not what we see in movies. A real man is he who is seen with favor by the Lord. Righteous, or perhaps these days we could say "congruent". You say what you will do, and you do what you say you will do, and you're not a liar or a hypocrite. And hopefully you also know that pasta should be served al dente. Otherwise you are hopeless.
Feel free to probe the wounds, Tomas. You are on my team.
P.S. One warning I will provide is that his son was a total shitbird. Commodus. He is the "Caesar" of the movie Gladiator.
It in a way is another lesson.
You have the power over yourself. You can influence others, but not control them. If your own son wants to become a shitbird, you cannot actually prevent that.
Tough lessons.