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Old 02-18-2018, 08:29 AM
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Redmayne
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'Adversity....is a training exercise.'

For myself my recovery is the priority, that said as part of it and inpursuit of making spiritual progress I now see myself as a self directed student of Stoic philosophy, first attracted to it because of its links to the Serenity Prayer. Mentioned in three of my growing collection of books on the subject.

Stoicism is not what any misguidedly think, it is about transforming emotions NOT repressing them!

As Seneca,one of the most notable Stoic philosophers along with Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius said,'Adversity and the pressure that often accompanies it, my words is a training exercise.'So you're right in what you say in your signature, that's Stoic philosophy
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