A thought on Stoicism

I came across a period in my life where things seem very stale, the time has slowed down (while at the same time, inexplicably moving faster), and my dreams appear to have simmered down. I just felt like I needed some stability in my life and one word popped into my head. Stoicism.

I remember learning from a youtube video on stoicism that we only experience the emotions we experience because we allow ourselves to interpret a certain event in that manner. For example, when I'm having a night out with my friends and getting drunk out of my mind, I could either choose to feel pure bliss and pleasure, or I could choose to feel miserable that I am wasting my time away and killing my brain cells with alcohol, killing my health with smoking, and messing up my sleeping schedule.

Another example, imagine hearing some foul insults, and this came from someone intimidating or someone you care a lot from, ie, your significant other, your parents. This would be a very different experience as opposed to if it came from a small kid or a parrot. Hence, we decide to feel a certain way every time we feel.

And I felt that reading up on stoicism would help me in my current situation because that's the essence of stoicism. To control your feelings and live a fulfilling life. That's what I believe I need right now in my life. Fulfillment and satisfaction. Not just hedonistic pleasure. Yes, I want this too but at the moment I feel a severe lack of stability and I believe that having a strong philosophy on stoicism will help me.

I am sitting next to the book of Seneca, one of the founding fathers of the school of Stoicism. I hope that this will be of some value to me.

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