Holy expectations, Batman!

"Make sure you remain straightforward, upright, reverent, serious, unadorned, an ally of justice, pious, kind, affectionate, and doing your duty with a will. Fight to be the person philosophy tried to make you."
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Book 6, Section 30, translated by Gregory Hays

#Stoicism #MarcusAurelius #duty #BeingExcellent @stoicism

@paulkater@mstdn.socialMarcus Aurelius, Meditations 8:50
A bitter cucumber? Throw it away. Brambles in the way? Walk around. That's enough. Don't say anything more.

Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν
Σίκυος πικρός; ἄφες. βάτοι ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ; ἔκκλινον. ἀρκεῖ, μὴ προσεπείπῃς: τί δὲ καὶ ἐγένετο ταῦτα ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ;

tan jan Makus Olelius, lipu Toki (lipu Metitesion):

kili ike anu seme? o pana monsi e ni. kasi kiwen lon nasin? o kepeken e nasin ante. sina wile ala wile sin. o toki ala toki sin.

#MarcusAurelius #Stoicism
#tokipona

@futzle “even Nature’s inadvertence has its own charm, its own attractiveness. The way loaves of bread split open on top in the oven; the ridges are just by-products… & yet pleasing somehow: they rouse our appetite without our knowing why.
Or how ripe figs begin to burst.
And olives about to fall: the shadow of decay gives them a peculiar beauty…
And other things like that will call out to them constantly… Things seen only by those at home with Nature & its works.”
#MarcusAurelius 3:2

“Marble portrait of a youthful Marcus Aurelius prior to his reign as emperor. [Roman, Antonine period, ca. CE 138. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States]
It shows the future ruler with a voluminous head of curls and characteristic large oval eyes. He has yet to assume a long beard, which in later representations reflects his image as the "philosopher king" and his adherence to the principles of Greek Stoic philosophy.
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Thought for the Day. #LyonStrategic #MarcusAurelius

“Choose not to be harmed—and you won’t feel harmed. Don’t feel harmed—and you haven’t been.”

—Marcus Aurelius

#stoic #philosophy #stoicism #MarcusAurelius

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive, to Breath, to Think, to Enjoy, to Love #MarcusAurelius

Two hour delay today and school is a zoo. Definitely needing to remind myself of the #MarcusAurelius quote:

The people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, arrogant, dishonest, jealous and surly. They are like this because they cannot tell good from evil.

The students I deal with today will be hyper, antsy, disorganized, and overwhelmed. They are not like this on purpose. They are teens with developing prefrontal cortexes and raging hormones.

@edutooters @edutooter #education

"When you arise in the morning, think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love..." - Marcus Aurelius #ThursdayMotivation #QuoteOfTheDay #ContinuousImprovement #Coaching #LyonStrategic #MarcusAurelius

Thought for the Day. #LyonStrategic #MarcusAurelius

“Never value anything as profitable that compels you to break your promise, to lose your self - respect, to hate any man, to suspect, to curse, to act the hypocrite, to desire anything that needs walls and curtains.”

#MarcusAurelius #Stoic #integrity #lifestyle #philosophy #goodadvice #respect #betruetoyourself

The only rewards of our existence here are an unstained character and unselfish acts. #MarcusAurelius #Stoicism

“Kindness is invincible.”

#MarcusAurelius #Stoic #bekind #goodadvice

“You can discard most of the junk that clutters your mind —things that exist only there—and clear out space for yourself:
- by comprehending the scale of the world
- by contemplating infinite time
- by thinking of the speed with which things change— each part of every thing; the narrow space between our birth and death; the infinite time before; the equally unbounded time that follows.”

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 8, 32
#Stoicism #MarcusAurelius #contemplation
@stoicism

“Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look.”

#MarcusAurelius #stoic #stoicism #philosophy #lifestyle #yougotthis #advicetoself

“You always own the option of having no opinion."

#MarcusAurelius #stoic #stoicism #philosophy #LifeAdvice #lifestyle #opinion

All turns on judgement, and that rests with you. So when you will, pluck out the judgement, and then, as though you had passed the headland, the sea is calm, and all is still, and there is not a wave in the bay.

#MarcusAurelius, Meditations 12.22

"The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts"

#MotivationMonday #MondayThought #monday #Photomonday #Fotomontag #fotoMonday #rodin #think #philadelphia #MarcusAurelius

"The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts"

#MotivationMonday #MondayThought #monday #Photomonday #Fotomontag #fotoMonday #rodin #think #philadelphia #MarcusAurelius

Thought for the Day. #LyonStrategic #MarcusAurelius