Poem: Stoic 101

Steven Thomas
Jul 22, 2017 · 2 min read
Photo by Hans M on Unsplash

Originally published over on my own site curvefinder.com where I write and share actionable insights about creative endeavor, leadership, inspiring everyday people and self-innovation.


What did you expect
that the winds would howl around all others
and leave you unruffled
Or for the Suns Ray’s to travel light-years
to warm you and you only

This is the point
our reason for being
the thing you’ve searched for
all this time
high and low

Don’t you see
it is simply to be
now
in this brief instant
and the next

Breathe deeply during times of trepidation and tranquility alike
all is as nature intended

To journey through life
is to enroll in the university of adversity

Don’t badge things up
as luck or fate
they are stories we tell ourselves
when reality seems too difficult to contemplate

Instead
let us meditate
as Senica and Marcus Aurelius did before us
With humility, patience and kindness
a sense of service to yourself and others

Practice your art until it wears you out
there you will find true contentment

Reflect regularly
acknowledging your place in all time
a pin-prick in this universe
merely atoms and Stardust
returning to their source
soon enough

So step forward with purpose
for anywhere that you can lead your life
you can lead a good one


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Light // Dark and all the people in-between

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Light // Dark and all the people in-between

A collection of poems by Steven Thomas

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