Last week I was listening to the audiobook, No one wants to read your sh*t by Steven Pressfield and he espoused that in your writing you have to have a concept. Something steadfast and unwavering to tie everything back into. So over the past few days, I’ve been thinking a lot about that and what exactly it is that I’m trying to accomplish and then it hit me. A quote from the stoic philosopher Seneca the younger.
“In the meantime cling tooth and nail to the following rule: Not to give in to adversity, never to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases, treating her as if she were actually going to do everything it is in her power to do.”
Here are my two takeaways from that centuries-old truth bomb.
- Constant change is here to stay. Sometimes it hits you like a mack truck and you know it’s there but other times changes happen so slowly you don’t notice anything until years later.
- Things fall apart. What is perfect, beautiful, and healthy today will inevitably crumble and begin to fail. There’s nothing we can do to stop this march but we and our daily decisions can slow down its path with preventative maintenance.
Subjects to change 