It’s not the blow that hurts, but your resistance to falling.
Stoicism isn’t for museums—it’s for streets.
Marcus Aurelius Meditations 2.11: You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say.
Share your struggle and halve its weight.
Calm isn’t the absence of chaos, but mastery over it.
Even oaks need forests.
Adversity is the Stoic’s gym.