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Kyle Shepard's avatar

The irony of lowercase stoic being defined as emotionless vs Stoic as someone who embodies virtue and emotional control is never lost on me. I wrote a piece a while ago on suppression vs compartmentalization of emotions. What you’ve done here, hits the nail on the head at what I was trying to get at and loved the examples at the end. Good stuff brother

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EDWIN SMITH's avatar

your thoughts are very deep so are your insights. I found this post most helpfull and inspiring. In my world humility plays a big part. Im not talking about that kind of humility that is more a manifestation of lack of self esteem etc. but rather a readyness to do the needful and curbing false pride. For that you need to have a brutally honest and critical inner dialogue in place. For me it is such a challenge to not succumb to repression/neglect on the one side and over critical, almost negative inner dialogue on my position or station in life on the other...

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