Wade's Life LessonsIt’s time to put 2023 behind us, and not a minute too soon. In my industry, it’s been a tough year. Actually, 2024 doesn’t look much better, but I am optimistic. I always think things will get better, even if it’s a great year. Don’t get me wrong, I believe in risk and prepare for […]
Did you ever meet people who can remain calm throughout a crisis? I did and I am amazed. Not just medical or public safety, but people in ordinary jobs. It’s crazy how simple things can rock us. Were you ever given bad news about your health or finances? It sucks and it makes you irrational […]
I think as we move into the new year, we can make promises to ourselves, but does it matter? Does this new resolution mean commitment? Does it mean new habits? I think it depends how serious you are. So often people promise themselves they will do something, only to be disappointed and beat themselves up. […]
From Gregory Hays interpretation of “Meditations” by Marcus Aurelius. Book 8, quote 56 – “Other people’s wills are as independent of mine as their breath and bodies. We may exist for the sake of one another, but our will rules its own domain. Otherwise the harm they do would cause me harm to me. Which […]
From Ryan Holiday’s book, “The Daily Stoic“. Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 6.29 “It’s a disgrace in this life when the soul surrenders first while the body refuses to. “ This makes me think of the people with dementia and how they lose their memory, their sense of self towards the end. It’s so sad. My mother […]
Dec 26, 2023 Seneca, On the Brevity of Life 1.3-4a, From Ryan Holliday’s book, “The Daily Stoic”. “It’s not at all that we have too short a time to live, but that we squander a great deal of it. Life is long enough, and it’s given in sufficient measure to do many great things if […]