March 19

Day 78/365: Epictetus on the banquet

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Logan
March 19, 2025

Welcome to The Stoic Ledger, a daily money meditation from one of the Stoic sages.

78/365: Epictetus on the banquet

“Remember that you ought to behave in life as you would at a banquet. As something is being passed around it comes to you; stretch out your hand, take a portion of it politely. It passes on; do not detain it. Or it has not come to you yet; do not project your desire to meet it, but wait until it comes in front of you. So act toward children, so toward a wife, so toward office, so toward wealth.” – Epictetus

 

Opportunities will come, and we should take them. But we should also enjoy the banquet of life and not anxiously wait and hope and project our unmet desires. 

If your trajectory is good, wealth will come by you eventually.

Don’t hold out on life waiting for it, rather enjoy each moment and grab the wealth when it comes.

Take a portion of it politely.

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