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The Daily Stoic - Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
Day 21
November 2nd - Binding our Wishes to What will Be.
"But I haven't at any time been hindered in my will, nor forced against it. And how is this possible? I have bound up my choice to act with the will of God. God wills that I be sick, such is my will. He wills that I should choose something, so do I. He wills that I reach for something, or something be given to me - I wish for the same. What God doesn't will, I do not wish for."
- Epictetus, Discourses, 4.1.89
'Everything we could think of has been done, the troops are fit everybody is doing his best. The answer is in the lap of the gods."
- General Dwight D. Eisenhower to his wife on the eve of the invasion of Normandy
He had written two letters, the other was ready for release in the circumstances that the invasion was a failure. 'If failure was what God - or fate or luck or whatrever you want to call it - willed, he was ready.'
Despite assembling perhaps the most powerful army, he was humble enough to know that the outcome ultimately belonged to someone or something bigger than him.
"And so it goes with all our ventures. No matter how much preparation, no matter how skilled or smart we are, the ultimate outcome is in the lap of the gods. The sooner we know that, the better we will be."
This ties in a little with the most recent post I made - Accepting What Is. I feel like this is a preemtive kind of step. Be prepared for what could be from all angles, and accept that they are all possible, and then to be at peace with what the outcome is. This is again a 'if it's not meant to be, it won't be' from the gods, another door is waiting for you.
Day 21
November 2nd - Binding our Wishes to What will Be.
"But I haven't at any time been hindered in my will, nor forced against it. And how is this possible? I have bound up my choice to act with the will of God. God wills that I be sick, such is my will. He wills that I should choose something, so do I. He wills that I reach for something, or something be given to me - I wish for the same. What God doesn't will, I do not wish for."
- Epictetus, Discourses, 4.1.89
'Everything we could think of has been done, the troops are fit everybody is doing his best. The answer is in the lap of the gods."
- General Dwight D. Eisenhower to his wife on the eve of the invasion of Normandy
He had written two letters, the other was ready for release in the circumstances that the invasion was a failure. 'If failure was what God - or fate or luck or whatrever you want to call it - willed, he was ready.'
Despite assembling perhaps the most powerful army, he was humble enough to know that the outcome ultimately belonged to someone or something bigger than him.
"And so it goes with all our ventures. No matter how much preparation, no matter how skilled or smart we are, the ultimate outcome is in the lap of the gods. The sooner we know that, the better we will be."
This ties in a little with the most recent post I made - Accepting What Is. I feel like this is a preemtive kind of step. Be prepared for what could be from all angles, and accept that they are all possible, and then to be at peace with what the outcome is. This is again a 'if it's not meant to be, it won't be' from the gods, another door is waiting for you.