The Stoics' Secret to Improving in Life

The Emperor of Rome had access to luxury and beautiful places, but he reminds himself that trying to escape is futile. He believes in the Buddhist idea that you can't run away from yourself. He knows that true replenishment and relaxation can be found within one's own soul. Through meditations, books, and walks, he learns that he doesn't need to seek external things or exotic locations to find what he needs and wants. Everything he seeks is already within him, just as it is within all of us.

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