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Should you live for the present moment or for your future’s potential?
The stoic teachers taught that the only thing we have control over is the present. We can’t change the past or manipulate our futures to our desire.
* The stoic teachers taught that the only thing we have control over is the present. We can’t change the past or manipulate our futures to our desire.
* It is how we live our lives at the present that will determine our future.
* Here are some quotes I once read: “Plan for the future, live in the moment.” & “Zoom in for progress, zoom out for purpose.” ✨
* Progress in the present so we can have a good future
* I think both of these things go good together.
* If you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life. Duty is also a major part of Stoicism. The point of work is to build a better tomorrow for the world and for yourself. Struggle is life; not because it is hard, but because it supplies purpose. Comfort breeds weakness and signals the end of purpose and life. Larger goals more distant goals are composed of smaller and nearer goals. A life’s work is a constant series of small achievements that compound over time. Climbing any mountain begins and ends with one small step with many more steps in between. Each step is progress towards what you can be and away from what you were. Everyday is a…
