Seneca: Fire proves gold, and misfortune proves brave men.

Today’s Stoic

Fire proves gold, and misfortune proves brave men.

Seneca · On Providence · paraphrase

What it means today

You do not know what you are made of until you are tested. Hardship is the assay: it reveals whether the courage is real, or only an untested idea of courage.

Try this todayWelcome one test today as the thing that will show you what you are actually made of.

Today’s questionWhat is this difficulty proving about me?

#testing #courage #proof

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