10 Stoic Truths for Reflection

Stoicism is not for the soft. It takes a LOT of effort to respond instead of react. My hands itch from the insults I am forced to endure. But I make the choices I have to make. And I do the things that I have to do. To follow my instincts would be easier than sitting on my hands.

Please take a minute to remember that somewhere, someone is taking more shit than a man should be expected to take. Their neck is full, their pride is at stake, and their nerves are just fucking frayed. It is taking everything they have to maintain civility. So don't be quick to judge, or respond to a snub with hostility. Because you don't know how full their jar is.

Or how bad they will feel for their reaction tomorrow.

Because the reaction is a muscle. And it only gets stronger by being exercised.

So give a fucker a chance to flex it. LOL

And be kind. Because some day that dude will be you...