Dubito ergo cogito, ergo sum
Resistance makes one stronger. I even accuse myself of not being stoic enough sometimes. IT'S A continuous struggle. It's not like you wake up and you are stoic. For me, if it were not a struggle, it wouldn't be this admirable. Life is hard. Life is complicated. It’s full of choices. It’s full of dilemmas. It’s full of complex problems and confusing situations. It’s full of obstacles and opportunities. It’s full of grifters and liars and con artists and smooth talkers , as Marcus said. It’s also full of wonderful, fascinating, and incredible ideas and topics that you can’t possibly be “satisfied with ‘just getting the gist’ of….” In short, life is a thinking person’s game. That’s why the Stoics stressed the pursuit of wisdom. Because we need it. We need it right now. And we’ll need it later. We’ll need it when we face ethical dilemmas. We’ll need it when we’re weighing two life-changing opportunities. We’ll need it when we’re tested by frustration or fear. We need...