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.