A Stoicism Journey For Greater Wellbeing - Ep 5: The Big Picture
Personal Development & Stories
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“ ‘I am part of the Whole which is governed by Nature’; […]’ I am allied in some way to the parts that are of the same kind with me.’ If I remember these ideas, I shall, in so far as I am a part, not be disaffected to anything assigned by the Whole.” - Marcus Aurelius
Could you survive completely cut off from the rest of Nature or the rest of society? In what ways are you dependent on other people and other things in the world? If your wellbeing is dependent on the wellbeing of your company, society, Nature as a whole, how much of your efforts should be directed towards helping them flourish? How can you put this idea into practice today?
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