Ancient Roman Philosophers' Life Lessons Men Learn Too Late In Life 

thanks, saved me some time. came to read full quote on this, cuz I by far prefer to be alone.

Not the sadness of loneliness but the peace of solitude

the hero we needed

Like being alone it clears my mind like a blank white screen ,my concentration is so much stronger I can deal with things that are most important at a superior level

Thank you sir..

I been like u for a while and I'm starting to understand that alone might be the only way ..

I didnt choose to be alone as well, but i am... so i understand big time.

So less stressful!

44 and alone, i don't care al i need is power🎧🏋‍♀️🤬💪🏽

You’ve said it right.

I love being alone , in my own world it's inner peace I don't have to be around a crowd to feel excepted or feel loved and appreciated My inner peace gives me all of that .

It brings the feeling that most people flat out never know, the feeling of being alone in a crowded room. It's something I feel everyday when going to wardroom events (work events in the military). I had a friend discover what that feeling was after coming back from deployment, and watching how it changed him was something else. Brought us much closer as friends.

Thank you!!! Unfortunately, that is why I stay away from my family

Truth

Actually going through it w a friend rn, he’s been being toxic and disrespectful over videogames (I’m 28 he’s 25, it’s my buddies lil bro who I’ve known forever) I’ve left it alone but everytime I join discord he’s straight violating me and our other friends tell him to chill and it’s pushing me to the point of wanting to just fight it out but this quote is perfect and it’s hard to be the one To pay no mind. Daily it pops up in my head and I have to find ways to release and not allow it to affect my well being. It’s so dumb that this is even a situation

@Dylan Hayes Sounds like the difficult guy is a narcissist, is very immature, has some mental issues, or all of these. It is impossible to reason with narcissists who are troubled people with mental health, and social adjustment issues. You Tube has good advice on how to deal with narcissists. You might want to leave this group for your own piece of mind. There are better gaming groups online without these annoying and bothersome issues.

@Gany Meade yeah lately i have distanced myself from joining and its been better for sure. thx for the advice!

@jackedkerouac4414 ( not a correction) I heard it this way... The best revenge is to live well ! ...and I have!

It took me that long to realize that the person I looked up to and adored, was a covert narcissist. 😢

Amen to that.

Amen!

So true.

I like my own company, what a gift huh ?

Yep.

It is better to be alone than with bad friends.

My sentiments exactly 💯. I'm comfortable with my own company and never feel lonely, though I have family and good friends. I just don't feel the need to be around people constantly.

Amen to that indeed! So very peaceful being alone. Peace is like a drug i refuse to do without.

Exactly.

“I can do bad by myself.”

Yeah he was a sigma male . Only sigmas have these intelligent

More powerful than fate is the courage that bears it

More powerful than fate is the courage that bears it

Absolutely right. I like being alone. Especially since I know who I am and where I want to go in life.

Of course. If you choose to be alone you cannot be lonely.

Well said mate

That’s very interesting and important✨🙏🏻

You can hardly be alone if you have kids

Thank you 4 posting. I'm working on understanding. I'm old & not alone

Bless you ❤ ... and congrats to your lucky kids for having a smart Mother.

It's not selfish......it's solitude......I used to think I didn't want kids was selfish but many people GOTTA HAVE their own instead of adoption or foster...

👍🤣It is sooooo true about..."...terrified of themselves..."...as they looked at themselves in the 🪞 without anything cover up especially for those in the 80's + 🥀..😆😄..

​@Tien lol😂

@Tien I meant more on the emotional/mental side of things. Most people I know want to be distracted from their own thought processes. I’m sure it has something to do with not wanting to take responsibility for how their life is going because blaming everyone and everything else is just so easy. Also I don’t think I’ve met a single 80 year old man or woman that gives a crap about what they look like in the mirror beyond the clothes they wear lol. I certainly hope that I don’t assuming that I make it too ok that ripe old age.

I was so confused reading this because I thought I wrote it and I don't remember watching this video before now. But I'm not married so...😆 I'm always fascinated when I come across people who had a childhood like mine. I'm glad to see we turned out alright.

"He who moves does not lose friends but gains friends" 🤔🤪

My parents abandoned me and my childhood Was one of many yrs of abuse. I missed my biological parents and siblings. I always found myself alone. As I grew older I tried making up for lost time. I learned to be alone. And it was ok. Today I am a born again Christian. Today I am still alone but not lonely. I also know Jesus. And he does not want his child to be alone. Therefor my fellowship with like minded Christian’s is very important. My relationship with my Father in heaven is very important. I realize that I never was alone. I like me I like being me. I can do anything and go anywhere and not depend on another human for my happiness. I know true happiness is pursuing Christ and his will for my life. I have found unconditional love. A love that is not found on earth. I’m not alone anymore. That’s true freedom.

@Angelina Leonardo I’m Christian also. Still have those struggles but at least I know one day I’ll be whole and unbroken.

@RndmGuy Because of Jesus, you are whole right now!! Because of our weakness we lean and trust in him who far surpasses our own humaness.

So much of being with others is reading social cues and aiming to make a good impression. These things are not really for anyone's benefit; we just think they ought to be.

I find it depends on the people.

💯💯💯

Zzzzzzzz

That would be annoying... Getting ready for the social event, having to come up with conversation, spending half the day with coworkers on your day off ... It's like going to work without getting paid... Screw that, I want to put my feet up, take a nap when I get tired, do laundry and get organized, watch a movie or play a game... Not feel obligated to waste a day off with your coworkers

@Scott, Dealing with fake people can be exhausting. Per Marcus Aurelius, you have inner strength and independent thinking.

Sounds like a helluva toxic atmosphere to work in.

Yes my solitude

I love my solitude ,❤ j can truly appreciate it listening to a rainstorm,the sunsetting on a blessed day spent with my dog who is so pure of heart , Impossible for a dog to be a narssist, I feel blessed I am at peace ,☮️✨✨✨✨👌🌷🌷🌷🌙✨❤️❤️❤️

@Paula Col you said it darling ! No one to tell you what to do and how! No loud music, unless you want your own kind and no drama and definitely a nice doggy that loves you unconditionally and the rain, yes the rain soothing your peaceful mind❤️

Resonation Station m'dear 💞

My sentiments exactly! Love my tranquility.

Many times in my youth I felt like that and I still do. It is better to be alone than with people who don't make you happy.

I'm right there with you! My mom always told me that it's better to be alone than in bad company.

@Gany Meade there are some truly horrible people out there.. Unfortunately 😢

Very well said.

I feel exactly the same way. I’m in the same place in time.

I like the very first quote about boastful speeches and weakness. Donald Trump loves his boastful speeches and he is clearly a weak, little man. Also a "politician".

Also Eddie Haskell.

Sounds like my ex wife

Ecclesiastes 5:10-11 NLT [10] Those who love money will never have enough. How meaningless to think that wealth brings true happiness! [11] The more you have, the more people come to help you spend it. So what good is wealth-except perhaps to watch it slip through your fingers!

It also makes me think of 'friends' who give very bad advice just to watch you burn in regret

I guess I am lucky, I am 28, but I wasted my whole time in between (I tryied to do something with my live time to time, but failed miserably). I realized about this, and now more than ever I try to start my adult life with no more wasting, I feel -and I know is like that- I can't loose any more seconds, what I've lost, I lost it, but I can still use what I have ahead

STRONG STRONG” UNDER THE FLAG

you lost your job? I hope you're well even after that also, what is a "kangaroo situation"?

@El Duque Caradura kan·ga·roo court noun noun: kangaroo court; plural noun: kangaroo courts an unofficial court held by a group of people in order to try someone regarded, especially without good evidence, as guilty of a crime or misdemeanor. basically when people get together in an unofficial capacity to pass judgment and achieve a result only favorable to them.

Yep. What’s she gonna do? She can’t take your hand 😆

You are scratching at a truth with women. When they know you don't mind being alone they try harder to be someone in your life. At least thats been my experience. They know you have not settled for anyone and it makes them feel like their position is in danger. They know you DGAF and feel like their place isn't set.

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You are blessed

I believe that was Julius Caesar wasn't it? My 2nd guess was Napolean.

Me, too, loved being the Conductor of my own train.

​@Pray for PeaceSame!!!😊

🙏👌🤝 bellissima, grazie 👌👍

Thank you for sharing this advice.

Exactly. Worrying about troubles doesn't make them better. They will still be there regardless. Don't worry, be happy.

I say the Serenity prayer OFTEN. Keeps me real on what to put effort in for change or toss it up to the heavens and let it go..

Not possible. For instance, someone you love or know dies young or kills themselves. There is no such thing as "do not let." Sometimes things happen, terrible things, and I guarantee those things will affect you no matter how you try to not allow them to. Tell that to people who have PTSD from traumatic experiences.

Crazy I found your comment just when I heard that part. That's the simplest and most comprehendible quote to relate to my way of living.

Or, you live, love, appreciate each moment of now as now is all we have, the rest is illusory.

That's a good way to not learn much.

I don’t think the slang translates well. It’s supposed to mean “…how you _should_ lead your life.” Right?

Except to learn from the past. Our mistakes are often our best teachers. There is a great quote: He who forgets history is doomed to repeat it.

​@I absolutely agree, but Absolutely!! What is the famous quote? Something like 'those who do not think about the past are doomed to repeat it' or something like that. How do you LEARN from your mistakes? How do you ensure horrible things that have happened in history do not repeat? I think you need that perfect triangle for success. Past, present and future. One should be aware of all three.

Amen Cheryl...

"Speak softly and carry a big stick." A man reserved against violence, of which he is imminently capable, is a man on the path of righteousness. You're doing God's work, Christopher.

Good on you, if you strive for it, I think that's all that matters.

My best time was Covid Lockdown. Was able to focus on all day Bible Study and had an excuse not to see anyone. Praise God for that time!

Eh. That's a reach, but I like the enthusiasm.

@Daniel WierIt’s a Great Reach tho lol.

He doesn't exist😂😂😂

I've heard similar stories a lot.

​​​@Khris Williams ahhh, i agree BUT!! You can't help but see why religion is so popular! This person decided they weren't alone because of their belief that God exists and so they can never be lonely. It's like having an imaginary friend when you're young and have no one to play with. It helps them accept death better, for both theirs and those they care about. "He's with God and we'll be together again in heaven" says so much. If one truly believes, it keeps them a productive citizen in life, right? We don't want to break any of those commandments. It's like the go to sanity thing that helps a lot of people get through life. It's also used as an excuse and not in a good way. Instead of having something bad happen, instead of trying to change things so they don't repeat, it's chalked up to 'God's will or intention'. Mostly, it cracks me up a lot of the time but where would we be today without it? I KNOW the world would be different for the simple fact of how many takeovers of countries, etc that were done in the name of religion? Most societies originally base their diets, customs, calendars, holidays and laws based on some type of religion. It's a lot to ponder. Overall, is religion a good or bad thing?