Body and mortality
Body and mortality: 34 Stoic exercises and cases on sorting what is yours from what is not.
Cases in this topic
Propositions in this topic
- FalseDeath is an evil.
- FalsePain and suffering are the same thing.
- FalseGrowing older is nothing but decline.
- FalseGrieving is a sign of weakness.
- TrueYour mortality makes life urgent, not meaningless.
- FalseIf your body limits you, you are powerless.
- TrueTaking rest is an act, not a weakness.
- FalseYour body has to look different before you may be content with it.
Situations in this topic
- Not yoursYou get sick just before an important day.
- YoursWhether, in pain, you build a story of endless suffering or carry the moment.
- Not yoursYou notice the first signs of getting older.
- Not yoursYour body fails you at something you wanted to do.
- Not yoursThe result of the race you trained months for.
- YoursWhether you cook tonight or order delivery for the third time.
- BothYou are waiting at the doctor's for a referral and it drags on and on.
- YoursWhether you take the walk tonight or push it to tomorrow again.