
Stoicism: How to Use Stoic Philosophy to Find Inner Peace and Happiness

Every moment of every day, we make a choice as to how we react and respond to things. It is the only real power we have.
Jason Hemlock • Stoicism: How to Use Stoic Philosophy to Find Inner Peace and Happiness
One of the most important aspects of living a Stoic life is recognising what you can and cannot change.
Jason Hemlock • Stoicism: How to Use Stoic Philosophy to Find Inner Peace and Happiness
There are three main processes involved in turning the obstacle upside down. These are perception, action and will. Each of these feed into the other and helps you shift your reality to where you want it to be.
Jason Hemlock • Stoicism: How to Use Stoic Philosophy to Find Inner Peace and Happiness
To quote Marcus Aurelius again, “Each man only lives in this present instant…all the rest either has been lived or remains in uncertainty.”
Jason Hemlock • Stoicism: How to Use Stoic Philosophy to Find Inner Peace and Happiness
“If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.” – Epictetus
Jason Hemlock • Stoicism: How to Use Stoic Philosophy to Find Inner Peace and Happiness
Seneca wrote, “We suffer more in imagination than in reality.”
Jason Hemlock • Stoicism: How to Use Stoic Philosophy to Find Inner Peace and Happiness
So, if nothing lasts forever, what’s really important? This moment right now. The only thing that matters is being the best person you can be at all times.
Jason Hemlock • Stoicism: How to Use Stoic Philosophy to Find Inner Peace and Happiness
as Marcus Aurelius puts it, “Like the vine that produces its grapes, seeking nothing more once it has given forth its fruit…so the good man having done one deed well, does not shout it about, but turns to the next good deed, just like the vine turns to bear forth its fruit in due season.”
Jason Hemlock • Stoicism: How to Use Stoic Philosophy to Find Inner Peace and Happiness
Journaling puts you in a better mood.