Member-only story
Adversity Reveals
Focusing on the Daily Stoic Meditation for June 27 — Adversity Reveals, as outlined by Ryan Holiday in the bestseller 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance and the Art Of Living.
“How does it help, my husband, to make misfortune heavier by complaining about it? This is more fit for a king — to seize your adversities head on. The more precarious his situation, the more imminent his fall from power, the more firmly he should be resolved to stand and fight. It isn’t manly to retreat from fortune.”
— SENECA, OEDIPUS, 80
Today’s Daily Stoic Meditation outlines how you must tackle obstacles head on.
There is no time for complaints, and no time to make things worse.
Seize the adversity and bring it down.
Complaining
When something goes wrong, do you have the unfortunate tendency to complain?
When your food order gets messed up, or your train is delayed, do you often turn to complaining about your issue?
It’s true that when something goes wrong, it’s unfortunate — it may delay your activities or just generally diminish your mood.
It’s important to acknowledge and accept your feelings — whether they are anger, frustration or…
