First Church of Terry

“How satisfying it is to dismiss and block out any upsetting or foreign impression, and immediately to have peace in all things.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 5.2” To me this means "ignore all irrelevant things". There's so many irrelevant things vying for our attention or outrage, it w...

“As for me, I would choose being sick over living in luxury, for being sick only harms the body, whereas luxury destroys both the body and the soul, causing weakness and incapacity in the body, and lack of control and cowardice in the soul. What’s more, luxury breeds injustice because it also breed...

“Fortune falls heavily on those for whom she’s unexpected. The one always on the lookout easily endures.” —SENECA, ON CONSOLATION TO HELVIA, 5.3” Shit happens, and if you don't think it can happen to you, you're fucked. I think the truth of this is plain to see with those who have gone through the ...