* That last one, my brother told me that one. When I found out it wasn’t true (when I was about 6), I cried. When […]
A Deep Dive into: Insults [pt.2] – Words are nothing but a series of letters arranged in a certain order to make a certain sound that comes out of the face hole.
Not only do insults have absolutely zero possibility to do physical or psychological harm to you, but the same thing goes for anything someone says […]
The philosophy of: Some girl on Facebook commenting on how to get revenge on an ex
Asked how a man should best grieve his enemy, Epictetus replied, “By setting himself to live the noblest life himself” – The Philosophy of Epictetus […]
Emotions are a choice
Once dismiss the view you take, and you are out of danger. Who, then, is hindering such a dismissal? – Marcus Aurelius, from Meditations 12:25 What […]
‘What if I did the opposite?’ [On: revenge for shitty acts]
To refrain from imitation is the best revenge. – Marcus Aurelius from Meditations If someone pisses you off, upsets you, even disappoints you, you have two […]
When something gets to you, be like Kobe (or at least try to)
When force of circumstance upsets your equanimity, lose no time in recovering your self-control and do not remain out of tune longer than you can […]
Doo doo doo-doo doo, doo-doo doo doo do.
Josh Waitzkin has this thing he does, and taught his son to do. Whenever he does something stupid, fucks up or something shitty happens, he thinks […]