This is what #life is like to me and a #stoic perspective on it.
Life is a non-stop hurricane force storm of shit thrown into our faces 24/7/365. Or as the #Buddha said "life is suffering".
We can't make the storm of shit stop, even for a single moment, no one can. What we have to do is learn to be like a good fighter. We dodge, duck, bob and weave. We also learn to roll with the punches to lessen their impact. We known sometimes the only thing to do is smile while we pick the shit out of our teeth.
These are where the Stoic #virtues come in. If we are #courageous, #wise, #fair and #disciplined we recognise our true nature. We learn the skills necessary to not only survive but to thrive when we try our best to live a virtuous life.
The most important skill of all is how we help other people deal with their own storms of shit. We teach them our skills either directly or by the example we set. They then become virtuous themselves. If it is the virtuous thing to do we take a metric shit tonne of supersonic shit that was heading for them straight in our own face to protect them. We help other people.
If you can do that you will live a good life.