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Beauty Is In Your Choices

Beauty Is In Your Choices

Wednesday Wisdom #198

Greg
Mar 20, 2024
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Happy Wednesday, wisdom lovers!

Last week, we wrote about Why You Must Exercise (According to the Stoics)

This week: Beauty Is In Your Choices

Now, let's get to it 👇


Weekly Reflection

Let’s be honest, the modern take on beauty couldn’t be more superficial. Hop on Instagram for five minutes and you’ll likely see people living lavish lives, fast cars, private jets and half-naked women. Internally, we end up feeling disappointed about our own lives and tell ourselves, “that life they live seems so perfect and worry-free and if only I had all that, I would be happier.”

The Stoics would certainly have something to say about that. They regarded beauty not as something external that we flash off to others to get attention, but as something that is sourced from within. From our souls. So what does that look like?

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