The obstacle becomes the way ⛰️

As I finish Ryan Holiday’s book The Obstacle is the Way, I leave a better man, a wiser person and a Stoic individual.

Having read dozens of stories of those who have endured things far worse than we could possibly imagine and seeing them turning this obstacles into opportunities truly provides a new perspective on the trivialities of our daily lives and how overwhelmed we feel by this small nuisances.

It is with great honor that I know hold with me hundreds of new lessons and new approaches when things go sideways, and they will eventually go sideways.

And if by any chance, all of my efforts may seem futile, then with a grin I’ll welcome whatever the future holds, as I can’t fool myself in believing I control everything.

ta eph’hemin, ta ouk eph’hemin
What we control, what we don´t control

I now understand that time is my friend instead of my enemy.

Not everything has to happen all at once.

Margaret Thatcher didn’t become known as the Iron Lady until she was sixty years old.

Vires acquirit enundo
We gather strength as we go. That´s our motto

Experience is our teacher and we welcome whatever lesson it might provide, good or bad, cause the greater the obstacle, the bigger the lesson.

And we must always remember:

Congratulations. If you’ve put into practice whatever you’ve read in this newsletter then you’re a Stoic as well.

One of the oldest and most important philosophies ever.

Now you are a philosopher and a person of action. And that is not a contradiction.

The essence of philosophy will always be action, cause without action there is nothing.

Take every bit of knowledge you’ve gathered and re-read it every day. Cause philosophy is meant as a catalyst for action, not otherwise.

Philosophy was never what happened in the classroom. It was a set of lessons from the battlefield of life. - Ryan Holiday

As always, thank you for joining me in this journey and onto the next one!

I’ll see you tomorrow.