Philosophical ideas to get through hard times

"Worse than war is the fear of war."
- Seneca

= explanation of modern term of anticipatory anxiety.

Not to worry about anything. It is bed time now.
Sleep the sleep of the just. Anon.

“The world changes when we change. The world softens when we soften. The world loves us when we choose to love the world.” ― Marianne Williamson

Against the assault of laughter, nothing can stand. — Mark Twain

Have long appreciated Cicero's 'all you need is a library and a garden'. As a country, lets hope we move towards giving more people access to these things.

"Don't set your mind on things you don't possess..... but count the blessing you actually possess and think how much you would desire them if they were not already yours."
- Marcus Aurelius.

There is much time to think these days and our minds can turn to problems that beset everyone but to use your mind to think of one good thing you have and just to be truly grateful for that.
Take care today as best we can.
Dawn.

Sleep the sleep of the just. Anon.

Thanks May and Trisher.

I always like these first lines from Philip Larkin
"The trees are coming into leaf
Like something almost being said"
Full poem here www.goodreads.com/quotes/696925-the-trees-are-coming-into-leaf-like-something-almost-being

Yep I agree.
I say to my DCs
Perfection is the enemy
Along the same lines really

"Striving to better off we mar what's well".
- Shakespeare.

"The best is the enemy of the good."
- Voltaire.

I heard the second quote years ago at a Mass service. Much nowadays is about being the best; people talk about there job, holidays, leisure, appearance and there is a competitive edge to it. If you are the best at something, it means others are second or behind you. Everything in life is about sharing the skills we all have. Just musing at the moment as all is quiet here.

For evil to flourish, it only requires good men to do nothing.

Edmund Burke

Simon Wiesenthal

"Confine yourself to the present."
- Marcus Aurelius.

Such apt words.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken- Oscar Wilde

Advice from a fighter pilot: "If you didn't win the fight, win the debrief".

Pick your battles
No too many battles put some back

Maybe appropriate for some GNs today I think
Night night

Pax
Latin for peace.

Sleep the sleep of the just. Anon.
Dawn xx

Thanks a mil May7
I really needed to hear that message myself right now.

Victor Frankl wrote that survival during the Concentration times depended on our ability to adapt to any situation. So these times adapt to any new situation as best l can. What else can we do.
Dawn

Dont poke the sleeping dragon
Night night all

Goodnight.
Sleep the sleep of the just. Anon.

Heard a good Mantra today.

May l be safe.
May l be healthy
May l be peaceful.

Just nice to create a quiet spot and say it three or five times to let it sink in.
Dawn xx

Not exactly philosophical, more an observation.
Mr L & I were talking about the shutdown of large shopping malls locally and how somehow irrelevant they seem to our enclosed life at the moment. I'm rather enjoying the simplicity of our pared down life.

Thanks a mil May 7

"Great things never come from comfort zones."
Anon.

Oh how true the above is. We have become such an evolved species; so much so that we can expect alot from ourselves; and at times too much. We can be right out of our comfort zones and pushing ourselves. But it is at times like this we must be gentle with ourselves. Do what we can; day by day.
Take care today as best we can. That is my motto for now.
Dawn xx

Dont piss into the wind
You'll always get your own back

Night night everyone

"Moments of losing courage belong to a brave life ".
- School of life. YouTube

So true above. It is in our vulnerability that we are most human and humane. The two go hand in hand.

Sleep the sleep of the just.

Dawn xx

I'm not self-isolating - I'm waiting in for the post/snowed in/having a duvet day/spring cleaning week/just back from holidays -

Reframing every hour (or taking one day at a time).

This will make you laugh: -

www.youtube.com/watch?v=92i5m3tV5XY

Great messages above.
Just my own thoughts for myself today. Whenever l hear bad or disturbing things said on the News etc l am going to substitute good thinking and good ideology into my brain instead and not only that but welcome warmly those thoughts .

"Walk tall and breathe deeply.' Buddha.