Each The Master Of Their Own Domain

Each The Master Of Their Own Domain

Focusing on the Daily Stoic Meditation for July 18 — Each The Master Of Their Own Domain, as outlined by Ryan Holiday in the bestseller 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance and the Art Of Living.

• You control yourself.
• Do your thing.
• Cultivate indifference for others.

“My reasoned choice is as indifferent to the reasoned choice of my neighbor, as to his breath and body. However much we’ve been made for cooperation, the ruling reason in each of us is master of its own affairs. If this weren’t the case, the evil in someone else could become my harm, and God didn’t mean for someone else to control my misfortune.”

— MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 8.56

football training in the rain! do your thing, no matter what.

You control yourself.

You control yourself.

You control your thoughts, feelings and actions.

You are the complete master of yourself, and only you.

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There’s two ideas that link closely to this; what’s in your sphere of control, and what’s out of your sphere of control. Understand the difference and learn to direct your energy only to what’s in your sphere of control.