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Your New Year’s resolutions shouldn’t be based on numbers or social status. The Stoics have a very simple formula to judge your worth. Learn more in this moment from ‘The Via Stoica Podcast’ with @bennyvoncken.bsky.social: harkaudio.com/approach-new...

Are my thoughts truly mine Or to whom do they belong Could this be the sign That I only follow along Am I a thinker An individual mind One that doesn't linger With the ones of his kind Know who you are Yours isn’t the throne Yet you're standing afar It's time to claim your zone #poetry #stoicism

Watch the tree sway How the river flows What their rhythms say And their energy shows In harmony they exist Accepting their part Nature they assist Giving their heart Let me do the same To walk among the stars Not for fortune or fame But what it says in my cards #poetry #stoicism

Find the connections In a world of individuals Follow Nature's directions There you’ll find the originals The ones you create That align with your soul When your being can relate Your essence will become whole Listen to the whispers Echoing in the void Ignore the resistors Life is to be enjoyed

Swayed the mind is By the input it receives It's what the screen says The gullible soul believes Thus opinions are formed Strong emotions are build Sound logic is transformed Reasoned discourse is killed Ruled by fear and hate Humanity seems lost With love we can create Acceptance and support

It feels like coming home In a place you've never been No more need to roam You' have found your scene Knowing who you are Listening to your voice Following your North Star Finally making your choice Time to turn the page The transition time has passed Accept the new age The old shell must be cast

Natural links broken Cosmic connections lost Reason can't only be spoken Right action required at all cost A world engulfed in chaos Needs us to stay calm Not driven by pathos But with love in our palm Stand firm for peace No slave to fear and anger The madness must cease Let go of your rancor

How long to be remembered When the time has come Expectations to be tempered Reality might leave you numb The legacy you create Doesn't belong to you It will be part of fate The future will view Forget about the beyond That's not yours to see To the now you correspond Here allow yourself to be

Engulfed in a mist The mind cannot see In what reality she exists If only to the dark she'll agree Capture the moment When the thought spirals Here it's only a component Don't allow it to be entitled Break the habit Let the fog disperse Invite the sun to inhabit The mind by light be immersed

Wandering space In search for an answer One that hasn't left a trace If there's no sight of candor Feeding the senses With the world beyond Filled with its pretenses That will break the bond Learn to reconnect To the Logos inside Let your nature reflect And become your guide #poetry #stoicism

Feel the history Lives long lost It is no mystery This is the cost We come into being Only to be taken away The end we're not seeing When life makes us sway An unjust attachment Overpowers our mind Building resentment To our Nature's kind Learn to let go Freedom you'll know #poetry #stoicism

The less you want The more you'll have Fate you cannot taunt She'll reduce it all in half Learn to accept What Nature gives No good or bad except How you judge the lives It's time to embrace Welcome all the events It's what you have to face To show what your soul represents #poetry #stoicism

Rediscover who you are Disconnected from beliefs Based on a place or a scar Giving you roles and motifs Step out of the scene This script was never yours Show yourself on the screen Your essence it obscures Drop the mask Release the soul That is your task To become whole #poetry #stoicism

Never alone Always connected From the soul to the bone By the universe selected Find your place Among the stars Learn to stop the chase Accept the love and scars In solitude you'll find Nature's voice from within Let her work with your mind Bring you to where it did begin #poetry #stoicism

The dissatisfaction Will keep lingering on When the main distraction Comes from a desire never gone The ungrateful Will always chase Live their life hateful Beauty will be erased There's nothing amiss The present is complete In connections we find bliss When fate we can finally meet #poetry

Life won't wait You'll miss it if you do Learn to accept your fate And you'll see the beauty too The wonders all around In the ever moving flux The same way bound Meeting at the crux Let go of the goal Enjoy getting there So take a lovely stroll Set your steps with flair #poetry #stoicism

History echoes in the present The forgotten is never lost It allowed us to ascent Their demise the cost Thus we will pay the price For the new to be build Embrace the sacrifice Your destiny fulfilled Now you know the why As the cycles move on Yourself you must apply Before it will be gone

Screens full of platitudes Clichés found in sophistry Not backed by attitudes Only hollow victory The wise are virtual Waiting for the like No longer virtuous Follow to be alike Do the exploration Seek obstacles to face There you'll find sensation Zeroes and ones can't replace #poetry #stoicism

It's better to be alone To live in peaceful solitude Then have a bad partner moan Resentful and crude Avoid the loneliness Felt in a broken unity This painful loathliness Can provide an opportunity Start to rediscover The person you once was Now you will uncover The truth behind your cause

Always on the move Even when standing still The eternal flux does prove For us it requires no skill To take control Accept the change Or decide to let go Flow within the range The end will arrive No need to worry For now you're alive No need to hurry #poetry #stoicism #thoughts #philosophy

When have you met The mind in the mirror Her thoughts are no threat If you allow them nearer Always on display Reflected by the world Listen to what they say And prevent being whirled Now you'll see the beauty When you allow yourself in See beyond your duty Detach from your sin #poetry #stoicism

Where are your values To what are they attached Are they the ones you choose Or to externals they're matched Void of reality Filled with desires The loss of morality A sacrificed self it requires Running in circles Trying to catch the joy Yet by muting externals Life's love will deploy

When you pay attention Observe Nature's true cycles Her love becomes an extension From your soul she spirals The mind feels at ease Serenity in all change No one left to please No parts to arrange Absorbed by the whole Her energy now flows Learning to let go The I no longer shows #poetry #stoicism

True clarity comes When truth is revealed Doubt then succumbs And the past is healed First one must want to see That he plays only a part Maybe not what he'd like to be But learn and love it by heart Set aside your wants Release the ego inside You'll notice the response A peace you cannot hide

The night's sky Guarded by the moon While the stars dance up high The sky and earth are attune A freshness drapes the land As the mind gets to rest The day it had to withstand Facing this returning test Listen to the rhythm With harmony they play Like light through a prism All the colors they sway

Release me From my own maze The patterns I cannot see My thoughts caught in a haze Forever wandering about Within the known walls Feeling safe and sound Until the soul calls It's a whisper to follow Heard through the noise It makes the others hollow Returns the self to poise #poetry #stoicism

There'll be a limit Of what one can do Now it's time to delimit Detach from those you knew As people change And others do not The paths rearrange Their futures are shot To stay true to oneself Protect their soul from hurt Virtue must be right itself And their nature to assert #poetry #stoicism

Bound to walk alone With no one else to know What goes on in my soul In search for my flow Yet never am I lonely With connections everywhere Choosing to attach only To that which is in my care Even that I must let go When my time will come If I allowed my soul to grow Gratefully it will be done

Welcome the unexpected For it was never not to come Not what you projected But reality it did become It is for you to play The hand you were given Now is not the time to sway Don't let yourself be driven This is where you choose How you will show up Don't wait for an excuse Here you must stand up

Time to break the habit The one who takes control Rules the mind he inhabits Taking over the lost soul Yet he is just a thought Forged throughout the years With knowledge to be fought Only then he disappears If he is not seen Or remains unknown To stay behind the scene The self will be overthrown

Do you trust the voice Coming from your soul Leaving you no choice But to surrender control She's Nature's link Your connection to life Standing on the brink Between peace and strife Follow your breath Feel her energy flow Go down to her depth Where the truth she'll show #poetry #stoicism

Have you heard Nature's call Showing you the way Or do you know all Forever astray Her voice is silent Coming from within Unlike externals that are violent With silence you begin Don't be distracted Focus on your mind If to all you reacted Confusion you will find #poetry #stoicism #philosophy

Don't I deserve this All my wants fulfilled My aversions fall amiss The life I hoped to build Am I not the special one Walking the perfect path Followed by the shiny sun Forever missing fate's wrath Yet I can have it all Accepting Fortune's call If I walk in her stride Her joy she cannot hide

What does life feel like How do you know you're alive Do you need to be told by a psych Or is it merely to survive Listen to the clues When time and space merge The self and ego you lose As Nature and the Soul converge Not only in beauty But in pain as well In one's duty Until the farewell

Do you hold your compass Have you set it north Don't let it encompass What brought you forth Time to set a new course Let the old fall in place As the new habits reinforce The reborn enters with grace Out of the chaos A new soul will arise Leaving behind the pathos One step closer to the wise

It's not in diamonds Nor in fast cars It lies beyond horizons Nor can it be found in the stars Life's love resides In the single moment Of peace she provides Giving a sign of atonement All we need is sense The oneness with all Making life feel immense And infinitesimally small #poetry #stoicism

Where are the limits The values collide with Our character prohibits Yet the Ego thinks a myth Do they need to be crossed Or can we see from this side What will be the soul's cost Is it time to swallow our pride Learn from the world We don't know it all All the facts hurled Must we cannot recall

Take a step back Breath in deep There's nothing you lack Nothing you can keep Life is complete In this very moment Where time and place meet Be grateful for this bestowment On this nexus of is and is not The line of present moves Life exists in a single thought Of this only the wise approves

Have you caught the flow The breeze to carry you How the magic will blow If only your soul knew Never cease to look Even if it's just for a blink Taken from eternity's book A lifetime passed by in a wink Once you make it there The world will slow down Let go of external care Allowed to look around

To live consistently Can only be conceived To follow Nature persistently If the good is truly believed This lonely quest Has its ups and downs But the more it is pressed The more it will break grounds Find your soul Listen to her voice She'll make you whole Give you the only choice #poetry

Always on the move In the ever flowing flux A constant to behoove Found on life's crux Will you flow along Or try to bend it to your will One shows that you belong The other only pain will instill Embrace Fate's course She knows where to go Coming from the source It's life she does show #poetry

Step into history Walk the ancients way Don't get caught by sophistry Let your actions make them sway The echoes that linger Rippling through time Give wisdom a pinger Creating the sublime No need to worship For they're long gone But let them stir up The truth being drawn #poetry #stoicism

Making a choice is fated Accepting it is freedom If the why is weighted Peace won't succumb Imprints have been made The primary beliefs formed With practice they will fade And you'll be transformed When the Ego is let go A stronger self will arise Time to follow the flow Which nature will comprise

In the midst of change Chaos reigns As patterns break the range And so the chains Uncertain times Without the safe routines Unable to see the signs Caught behind the screens When the world’s in flames Let cooler heads prevail First read the claims Before going back on the trail #poetry #stoicism

Lost in a sea Among the minds Billions of individuals Unseen, unheard, unnoticed And yet I feel An island of peace Let them all flow around I stand where I am found Through the currents Of busy and occupied souls I hold my own Following my destiny #poetry #stoicism #thoughts #philosophy

Outside pressure Too strong to withstand Then kneel for the oppressor If you cannot resist his command Strengthen the fortress Find your true resolve Learn to restore trust Begin to evolve No claim can be made To a mind that knows The externals will fade As the love only grows #poetry #stoicism

A morning gone Within an eye's blink Caught in a misty dawn Leaving no time to think Timeless existence Within the void of space Without any kind of insistence Here but devoid of any trace Finding complete peace Surrounded by wonder Then chaos will cease When you can love her #poetry #stoicism

Can you name the days Where life made sense When the now stays For living to commence There's no left or right The path is straight No need to fight Leave it to fate Observe Learn to listen Face it with verve To find recognition #poetry #stoicism #thoughts #philosophy

See the markers Guiding your journey Not goals one conquers Or to proof you're worthy The goals you set Based on your desire Shouldn't make you upset When them you fail to acquire Focus on the why The true reason inside If it's pure logic you apply Then all fate will provide #poetry #stoicism