So next week I have to go to the hospital for blood tests and my first post major cancer surgery checkup.   This morning I woke up so nervous about this that I have to remind myself of some stoic wisdom.    Specifically, this quote from Epictetus:  Some things are in our control and others not. Things in our control...

Reflecting on my post about memento mori, I came up with the question above. I have a brain that leaps all over the place and it’s constantly focusing on the next thing instead of something I love. For instance, this week I got sucked into a game that I found at random. It’s not even a game like I use to play, it’s...

When I started to read Stoic texts, I struggled with the focus on death. I knew that everyone dies, but who wants to be reminded of it?After all my recent health issues, I started to read Stoic texts again, to help me find calm, and then, all of a sudden, it clicked. The focus, to me, didn’t feel to be so much on death,...