How To Recover When The World Breaks You – RyanHoliday.net
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What Jamie wrote
This last week I have valued my meditation practice. I realize this is about stoicism, but there is some very similar thinking here. It’s been a hard week to practice being present. When there is chaos, it’s an escape to live in the future that you can control.
Stoicism is there to help you recover when the world breaks you and, in the recovering, to make you stronger at a much, much deeper level. The Stoic heals themselves by focusing on what they can control: Their response. The repairing. The learning of the lessons. Preparing for the future.
I like the conclusion of this, to allow the world to break you, but not ruin you. You can only control how you respond and engage.