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The Daily Stoic - Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
Day 25
November 6th - Someone Else Is Spinning The Thread
"If the breaking day sees someone proud,
The ending day sees them brought low.
No one should put too much trust in triumph,
No one should give up hope of trials improving.
Clotho mixes one with the other and stops
Fortune from resting, spinning every fate around.
No one has had so much divine favor
They they could guarantee themselves tomorrow.
God keeps our lives hurtling on,
Spinning in a whirlwind."
- Seneca, Thyestes, 613
From the Author, paraphrased:
"To the ancients, Clotho, one of the three Greek goddesses of fate 'spun' the thread of human life. She decided the course of the events of our lives - some good. Some bad.
A triumph becomes a trial, a trial becomes a triumph. Life can change in an instant. Remember, today, how often it does."
"When the gods send evil, one cannot escape it."
- Aeschylus, playwright.
I'm constantly reminded that 'this too shall pass'. It seems that everytime I go through a rough time, the goddesses relieve me, let me breathe fresh air once again. I don't tend to go through many trials, or maybe I do and just don't notice how bad it could be for others if they were in my situation. I see others go through great trials, though, and then see their triumphs on the way, and it reinforces the ups and downs of life, and to not spend time wallowing on the trials, nor celebrating the triumphs, but to look forward to each trial as an opportunity to triumph over, then onto the next.
Fate is spun outside of our control, and we never know what tomorrow will bring. The only thing we can control is how we react to each hurdle and haven.
Remember; This too shall pass, and the clouds will part, and the sun will shine on your face. But don't spend too much time basking, because there is much work to do.
Day 25
November 6th - Someone Else Is Spinning The Thread
"If the breaking day sees someone proud,
The ending day sees them brought low.
No one should put too much trust in triumph,
No one should give up hope of trials improving.
Clotho mixes one with the other and stops
Fortune from resting, spinning every fate around.
No one has had so much divine favor
They they could guarantee themselves tomorrow.
God keeps our lives hurtling on,
Spinning in a whirlwind."
- Seneca, Thyestes, 613
From the Author, paraphrased:
"To the ancients, Clotho, one of the three Greek goddesses of fate 'spun' the thread of human life. She decided the course of the events of our lives - some good. Some bad.
A triumph becomes a trial, a trial becomes a triumph. Life can change in an instant. Remember, today, how often it does."
"When the gods send evil, one cannot escape it."
- Aeschylus, playwright.
I'm constantly reminded that 'this too shall pass'. It seems that everytime I go through a rough time, the goddesses relieve me, let me breathe fresh air once again. I don't tend to go through many trials, or maybe I do and just don't notice how bad it could be for others if they were in my situation. I see others go through great trials, though, and then see their triumphs on the way, and it reinforces the ups and downs of life, and to not spend time wallowing on the trials, nor celebrating the triumphs, but to look forward to each trial as an opportunity to triumph over, then onto the next.
Fate is spun outside of our control, and we never know what tomorrow will bring. The only thing we can control is how we react to each hurdle and haven.
Remember; This too shall pass, and the clouds will part, and the sun will shine on your face. But don't spend too much time basking, because there is much work to do.