Concept
Future
What is coming, how little of it you control, and how to live in the meantime.
11 passages · 8 traditions
Astrology
Buddhist
Christian
ScriptureRead as scripture by its tradition
Luke 12:16–21He spoke a parable to them, saying, “The ground of a certain rich man produced abundantly. He reasoned within himself, saying, ‘What will I do, because I don’t have room to store my crops?’…ScriptureRead as scripture by its tradition
Matthew 6:25–34Therefore I tell you, don't be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn't life more than food, and the body more than…
Hindu
Jewish
New Thought
Secular reflection
ReflectionWritten for this collection
Reflection: rehearsing the futureWorry feels like preparation. That is the trick of it. Running the bad outcome again tonight will not make you readier for it than running it once did, and you have already run it once. The…ReflectionWritten for this collection
Reflection: The day starts the night beforeThe day starts when you lay your head down. Whatever you hand to the dark is what will be waiting in the morning, already dressed and standing by the bed. Most people spend the last hour of…
Stoic
PhilosophyA philosophical argument
Enchiridion IThere are things which are within our power, and there are things which are beyond our power. Within our power are opinion, aim, desire, aversion, and, in one word, whatever affairs are our…PracticeAn instruction for practice
Enchiridion XXILet death and exile, and all other things which appear terrible, be daily before your eyes, but death chiefly; and you will never entertain an abject thought, nor too eagerly covet anything.…