Stoic Coffee Break

“True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing. The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.”― SenecaShow Notes:Does Seneca mean that we shouldn’t think about the future and strive for anything? Seneca himself was a wealthy merchant, which means that he did have to think about the future.Contentment with what we have, and not desiring what we don’t.Be grateful for what we have. Not being jealous of what someone else has.Contentment of the physical things you already have.If you desire what you already have, then you can be happy right now.It’s those moments when I look around and appreciate what I have that help remind me that life is good.How can we apply this to striving?What I think that he means is finding that