Another page from #TheDailyStoic which seemed worth sharing. You can tell I'm not checking it every day.

Go do that thing you've been meaning to do. Today. Kindly.

#Stoicism #Philosophy #Seneca #marcusaurelius #meditations #goodtrouble

"Are there briars in your path? Turn aside. That is enough. Do not go on and say, 'Why were things of this sort ever brought into the world?'"

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/2095287/are-there-briars-in-your-path-turn-aside-that-is-enough-do-not-go-on-and-say-why-were-t

Imagine for a moment
That you are a jellyfish
That you trail long, beautiful, protective tentacles with you wherever you go
And yet you simply ride the current.

The water is warm, though your perception is only that of equilibrium and not warmth
The air is still, though your perception is only that of equilibrium and not stillness
For the water surely inhales,
Exhales
And you along with it
Inhales,
Exhales,
Between continents

Without discursive considerations or liberal moralisms or analytical consciousness there is
Only
The perception
Of equilibrium.

#Meditations #SomaticMeditations #Relaxation #Anxiety

Sometimes I get really escalated about something and then I take a deep breath and remember I am not central, not even to my own physical existence, and that I am but a moment, a being, a thread in the Great Web, and I feel bliss.

#Meditations #Animism

Who would you be without category? Who are you in relation to all of the things you can name your relation to?

#Meditations

Continuing to appreciate #TheDailyStoic as a desk reader. I'm leaving yesterday's page here for your consideration accordingly.

The older I get, the now I appreciate that being #kind is one of the most impactful ways to make the world a better place. Our choices define who we are as people. Choice is one of the few things that is always under our control. Cheers friends.

#stoicism #stoic #philosophy #kindness #marcusaurelius #meditations