Have You Tried Asking for This?
The Greeks had a word for this: apatheia. It’s the kind of calm equanimity that comes with the absence of irrational or extreme emotions. Not the loss of feeling altogether, just the loss of the harmful, unhelpful kind. Don’t let the negativity in, don’t let those emotions even get started. Just say: No, thank you. I can’t afford to panic.
Ryan Holiday • The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph
斯多葛主义要求你培养智慧、正义、勇气和自我控制的美德,这样你才能冷静地面对这些挑战。这首先要在你的内心对话中进行微妙而有力的转变,以你真正有能力做到的事情来重塑你的愿望。换句话说,关注你能控制的,接受你不能控制的。在日常生活中保持适度也很重要,这将帮助你打下坚实的委曲求全的基础。通过接受这些委曲求全的原则,你将培养一种心态,从而获得更多的满足感,因为归根结底,真正的财富并不仅仅是拥有很多钱。
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Maria Popova • The Good Luck of Your Bad Luck: Marcus Aurelius on the Stoic Strategy for Weathering Life’s Waves and Turning Suffering into Strength
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share.snipd.com“In this way you must understand how laughable it is to say, ‘Tell me what to do!’ What advice could I possibly give? No, a far better request is, ‘Train my mind to adapt to any circumstance.’ … In this way, if circumstances take you off script … you won’t be desperate for a new prompting.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 2.2.20b–1; 24b–25a