Great take, really. Bearing is about what happens to you, forbearing is about what you choose to do — and most of us tilt too far to one side. Some of us swallow hardship but vent it later, others stay composed but crumble when fate hits hard.
📌 Wisdom is learning to do both without letting one undo the other.
⬖ Practicing that double discipline at Frequency of Reason: bit.ly/4jTVv69
What I think hits home about this, but which is lost even among Stoics who have more than a passing knowledge is that you bare only what you don't have power over.
Great take, really. Bearing is about what happens to you, forbearing is about what you choose to do — and most of us tilt too far to one side. Some of us swallow hardship but vent it later, others stay composed but crumble when fate hits hard.
📌 Wisdom is learning to do both without letting one undo the other.
⬖ Practicing that double discipline at Frequency of Reason: bit.ly/4jTVv69
What I think hits home about this, but which is lost even among Stoics who have more than a passing knowledge is that you bare only what you don't have power over.