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I'd think it's probably more about rediscovering the same thing that many philosophies and traditions have found, that at the end of the day if you can't be hap
by ravi-delia 6y ago
I'd think it's probably more about rediscovering the same thing that many philosophies and traditions have found, that at the end of the day if you can't be happy where you're at you probably won't be happy in a different place either. Humans are on a happiness treadmill, so long as you keep walking you'll, well, keep walking.
I'm no stoic myself, but that's because I'm hoping to maintain a little ambition before I settle. Probably I'll go Buddhist when I do.
- MikeSchurman 6y agoThere are many ambitious and accomplished stoics. Seneca and Marcus Aurelius spring to mind, but there would be more.
- ravi-delia 6y agoOh certainly, but I'd imagine that their default state was success. Not in the inherited wealth sense (though that's true of Marcus Aurelius), but in the highly competent sense. For me, I know that my dissatisfaction is the thin line between failure and possible success.