Today's Meditation: They want to go swimming, but it’s a little cold. They’re suddenly asking about their rollerblades, which you just put away in the garage. They’re asking about playing in the snow, but it’s a pain to get all that winter gear on. They asked to go to the park, even though you don’t have much time. In short, they’ve asked to go spend time outside…and you have a problem with that? Are you insane?  - Daily Dad 260324 Guilty. This counts for music, reading, thinking, and and of the million other -ings I want them to do. Why on Earth do I grouse and moan that it inconveniences me when I have been begging them to do this stuff day in and day out forever? Pick FFS. Pick better.

Today's Meditation: Fortune behaves as she pleases, the Stoics said. Life disposes. It decides. The only thing we get a choice in is how we respond. Daily Stoic 260323 Make the choice. Don't let the default become the inevitable. Get active. Use my tools. Act .

Today's Meditation: Meditations , 7.68 (Hicks and Hicks) I tell my kids that Stoicism does not guarantee success. Properly excerised, it offers me the best chance of being as effective I possibly can. I'll be calmer. I'll make clearer decisions. I'll have a better chance of guiding my elephant rather than it bringing reason along for the ride.