The Stoic Key to Fun and Authenticity
Life isn't that serious, but it is. It’s not a matter of life or death ... though it can be sometimes.
"Nature has endowed us with two characters or personae. The first is common to all of us as participants in reason and superior to beasts. It provides the entire basis for decency and decorum, and is the source of our interest in identifying duties. The other is assigned to us as individuals with distinctive traits." — Cicero
"There's no point in fighting against nature or in seeking to become what you can't." — Cicero
"Don't be a judger, bro." — Ken Carson
Life isn't that serious, but it is. It’s not a matter of life or death … though it can be sometimes. It’s a balancing act. To be too dull, too outcome-oriented and stony-faced is to miss out on the beautiful but often dismissed less practical aspects of our existence.
It’s to miss out on the point that lightheartedness and good results aren’t mutually exclusive.
Sure, we have to make a living and help people, but the moments we spend goofing around with those who matter to us is quite as important. We g…