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Be firm, not hard; steady, not stiff. Strength that cannot bend breaks.
Seneca · Letters from a Stoic · paraphrase
What it means today

There is a strength that is rigid, and it breaks. There is another strength that is firm yet flexible, and it endures. Stoic firmness is of the second kind.

Try this todayWhere you have been rigid today, practice a little flexibility without losing your footing.
Today’s questionIs my strength firm-and-flexible, or stiff-and-fragile?
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