Day 154: Epictetus on the Discipline of Waiting | Dying Every Day

Day 154: Epictetus on the Discipline of Waiting | Dying Every Day

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Welcome back to Dying Every Day. This is Day 154.

“Don’t demand that things happen as you wish, but wish that they happen as they do happen, and you will go on well.”

— Epictetus, Enchiridion


Waiting reveals what the soul believes it deserves.


The delayed reply. The stalled decision. The slow line.

The season of life that will not resolve on your preferred schedule.

Impatience is rarely just about time. More often, it is about control. The mind wants reality to move at the pace of its wishes. When it does not, irritation rises—not only because the thing is delayed but also because the self feels crossed.


Epictetus gives one of the sternest and most liberating pieces of Stoic advice: “Stop demanding that things happen as you wish.” [...]


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