The Art of Living by a Stoic Philosopher

The underlying theme of stoicism is to give us a philosophy of life. The true philosopher is one who's passion about how to live optimately. To do that, we need to embrace stoic virtue - living in integrity with our highest ideals. One way to avoid doing that is to practise something called negative visualization. Imagine losing every thing you currently have: your wife or your husband, your children, the job that you have,. All these things that you have in your life. It provides us with a deeper appreciation of what we have. And it puts everything in perspective.