Marcus Aurelius tells us that there are three big disciplines of Stoicism. There are others as well, but we could spend days listing and talking about them.
In his personal journal, Marcus tells us, “All you need are these: certainty of judgement in the present moment; action for the common good in the present moment; and an attitude of gratitude in the present moment for anything that comes your way.” [Meditations 9.6]
We should take the following parts of Stoicism with us every day into every decision we make:
- control our perception
- direct our actions properly
- willingly accept what’s outside our control
That is all we need to do.