Make Stoicism A Habit

How do we respond to outside stimulus of pleasure? An incident of pleasure can affect moral character. W must understand the situation we are in to make the right decisions with what tempts us. 

Enchiridion 33 shows we can decide who we want to be in this life. We must stay away from superficial things like gossip and judgement. To live the life of a philosopher is not always easy. 

Enchirision 32 gets into aspects of divination. We sometimes feel and believe there is some power beyond our control. However giving complete control  to some higher power may take away from us. We muist recognize what is in our control and what is not. Use reason to get the answers you need in life. 

Enchiridion 31 looks at the concept of something divine. Many people have a belief in a higher level of being. We must apply to what is in our control and what is not to this. Everyone has the right to believe as they do but do so with gratitude and a moral sense of purpose. 

Enchiridion 30 looks at the importance of maintaining character through moral relationships. It is important not to let others take advantage of you. We cannot decide how others behave. How we deal with others provides us with a way to measure our progress for improvement. 

What kind of lifestyle do you want? You need discipline in order to live life as a Stoic. Setbacks are part of life but we can find improvement within ourselves. 

Enchiridion 28 shows the importance of looking at what to consider when looking at choices involving someone else. If we put our control in the hands of others we lose our self control. We are swayed by externals and lose our faculty of choice.

Enchiridion 27 shows life is not some grand scheme to screw us over. It offers us a roadmap we must follow. 

Enchiridion 26 shows the importance of looking at choices with the misfortunes of others. Some people may blow things out of proportion. Look at things that happen to others from our own perspective. This allows us to be reational. 

Enchiridion 25 looks at the idea of what other people are recognized for rather than ourselves. We can let this bother us or feel good for the other person. We should not give up our integrity for the sake of recognition and attention. We need to earn this for ourselves.