Seneca’s heartfelt letter to a mourning friend and what we can learn from it. All of us will lose someone, just as all of us will be lost by someone else one day. It is a universal affliction that all of us shall face. The loss of someone we love. When we experience the passing […]
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Making It Through Hard Times — A Stoic’s Guide
Seneca’s heartfelt advice to a hurting friend. Life is no easy matter. Wherever you are right now, and wherever you’re going, there will be hardship. There will be pain. There will be suffering. There will be loss. There will be times when the urge to give up is almost overwhelming. There will be nights when you […]
Seneca on Activity, Fear, Self-Love, Death, and Enduring Suffering
All of us can stand to gain from musing on the thoughts echoed through the ages, the ideas passed on, immortal ideas, the gifts of those who came before us and were students enough of life to not only think, but be generous with their thoughts. It is one of the greatest gifts of all. […]