Perfection’s Playground

The Truth of Stoicism

Methods of Success

“Warriors should suffer their pain silently”
— Erin Hunter

        Stoicism is the practice of living life like there is a tomorrow. Realizing that the pain you suffer now will not sustain, and there will always be a tomorrow. It is accepting there are things you can’t control, and being able to live life without hope. Living life knowing what you can control, and bettering that instead of trying to control what you can’t. The idea of picturing yourself in the worst possible situation, and asking yourself “ Is this really what I feared.” As I have tried to implement the methods of stoicism in my life, I found it eye opening when one of my favorite content creators learned these methods and gave me a different insight on the way I want to live my life

The thumbnail mislead me into thinking I was going to get more insight about the robbery, and then he would shift gears into a different topic as he usually does, but this was different. I had known he was definitely one for literature, but seeing this made me realize that he like all of us was human and like us he learns and evolves. Though when I think of him I won’t think of the fascinating way Diogenes lived his live, I think of someone who is being impacted by teachings, yet finding it hard to adjust fully to this ideology, just like me.

It is only from the most adverse perspectives which you can truly learn from another.

The Overbearing Power of Silence

Control Behind the Scenes

“We only shout when we neglect what silence can do.”

—Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

        Initiating the conversation, I had the advantage; without a word exchanged, I stood on higher ground, and with the following words lie the effects of my silence. Conversation is a war on its own; obstructed by the amiable smile lie predetermined formations, an impressionable offense, and most of all, secret contingent moves. Though the two sides may not be in contention, it is essential to establish whether it be masked in illusion or unashamedly blatant, for with every conversation lies purpose. When encountering someone new, we observe, matching their presentation with prior experience and generalized assumptions, we dictate our direction in broaching conversation. Still, what if one's appearance lacked a sense of direction or purpose other than the reasoning, it was appropriate. We are left to wonder as we are not given any distinct signs influenced by race or different hereditary classifications, we are clueless. Then as we approach at their mercy, we come in with the intent to learn, establishing their advantage. Though when you finally walk to him and start with a greeting, he answers in a short five-word sentence, to which you could only pick up on his brevity, but then it falls. Plaguing the whole mood, giving you this feeling of confusion mixed with suspense and an overbearing feel of uncomfortableness, silence has struck, and he is in control. Silence is the secret move that the powerful understand too well.