Stoic Thought of the Day — Day 86
Give up your addictions. That’s funny because in my journal this morning I was writing about that very subject. I’m guilty. The things we do out of compulsion and not out of conscious thought are very like addictions. That behavior leads to a lack of clarity. It clouds our purpose. Our addictions become evident when we realize we can’t abstain from some activity. If we learn to abstain we have taken a critical step towards clarity.