The Beauty Of Choice - Day 222 - Deepstash

The Beauty Of Choice - Day 222

"You are not your body and hairstyle, but your capacity for choosing well. If your choices are beautiful, so too will you be." - Epictetus

  • You might look beautiful today, but if that was the result of vain obsession in the mirror this morning, the Stoics would ask, are you actually beautiful? A body built from hard work is admirable. A body built to impress gym rats is not.
  • That's what the Stoics urge us to consider. Not how things appear, but what effort, activity, and choices they are a result of.

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