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When the Ground Shifts: A Stoic Response to Loss and Uncertainty

June 11, 2025June 11, 2025 B. John 922 Views 0 Comments Holiday, Lay-off, Job, Epictetus, Fate, Hadot

I was warned this day might come—and now it has. The call came. I’ve been laid off. Even this—the disappointment, the uncertainty—can become fuel, not in the sense of revenge or retribution but in the sense of transformation. What has been taken from me can become something I rebuild, redirect, or refine, but only if I stay in motion. “It’s not what happens to you but how you react to it that matters.”

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The Obstacle Is the Way: Facing the Future When the Road Changes

May 30, 2025May 30, 2025 B. John 962 Views 2 Comments Stoics, Stoicism, Job, Obstacles, Challenges, Encouragement

So this is where I stand: older, yes, but not done. Not stuck. Just at the next bend in the road. It’s not the one I expected. But I’m learning, little by little, to see it not as a detour but as a direction. If you’re in a similar place, wondering if you’re too late, too tired, too tangled in the “should haves,” let me offer this: You are not behind. You are not disqualified. You are standing right where your next beginning begins. “The obstacle is the way.”