“Eat like a human being, drink like a human being, dress up, marry, have children, get politically active–suffer abuse, bear with a headstrong brother, father,son, neighbor, or companion. Show us these things so we can see that you truly have learned from the philosophers.” Epictetus, Discourses, 3.21.5-6

Practice daily to live life and Resist.

“The diseases of the rational soul are long-standing and hardened vices, such as greed and ambition-they have put the soul in a straitjacket and have begun to be permanent evils inside it. To put it briefly, this sickness is an unrelenting distortion of judgement, so things that are only mildly desirable are vigorously sought after.” Seneca, Moral Letters, 75.11

We are now finding out what the consequences for our nation will be from the greed and ambition of the trump.

“What is it then to be properly educated? It is learning to apply out natural preconceptions to the right things according to Nature, and beyond that to separate the things that lie within our power from those that don’t.” Epictetus, Discourses, 1.22.9-10a

Be aware of what the trump is doing behind the curtain.

“People seek retreats for themselves in the country, by the sea, or in the mountains. You are very much in the habit of yearning for those same things. But this is entirely the trait of a base person, when you can, at any moment, find such a retreat in yourself. For nowhere can you find a more peaceful and less busy retreat than in your own soul-especially if on close inspection it is filled with ease, which I say is nothing more than being well-ordered. Treat yourself often to this retreat and be renewed.” Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 4.3.1

Respite from another day of the trump assaults.

“I may wish to be free from torture, but if the time comes for me to endure it, I’ll wish to bear courageously with braver and honor. Wouldn’t I prefer not to fall into war?  But if war does befall me I’ll wish to carry nobly the wounds, starvation, and other necessities of war. Neither am I so crazy as to desire illness,  but if I must suffer illness, I’ll wish to do nothing rash or dishonorable. The point is not to wish for these adversities, but for the virtue that makes adversities bearable.” Seneca, Moral Letters, 67.4

We did not wish for the trump but we will stand up against him.

“For there are two rules to keep at the ready–that there is nothing good or bad outside my own reasoned choice, and that we shouldn’t try to lead events but to follow them.” Epictetus, Discourses, 3.10.18

I choose to follow the events as the more the trump talks, tweets, and acts the closer we get to impeachment.

“Today I escaped from the crush of circumstances, or better put, I threw them out, for the crush wasn’t from outside me but in my ow assumptions.” Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 9.13

Read more news on the trump but let them slide off, like water of a duck’s ass.

“You are not your body and hair-style, but your capacity for choosing well. If your choices are beautiful, so too will you be.” Epictetus, Discourses, 3.1.39b-40a

The trump’s choices are not beautiful but deadly and ugly. RESIST

“Hold sacred your capacity for understanding. For in it is all,  that our ruling principle won’t allow anything to enter that is either inconsistent with nature or with the constitution of a logical creature. It’s what demands due diligence, care for others, and obedience to God” Marcus Aurelius, Meditations,  3.9

The trump is the complete opposite of this statement. We are in a death spiral for the USA as a world leader. Eaten within from white supremacists and a president owned by Russia.

“Were you to live three thousand years, or even a countless multiple of that, keep in mind that no one ever loses a life other than the one they are living,  and no one ever lives a life other than the one they are losing. The longest and the shortest life, then, amount to the same, for the present moment lasts the same for all and is all anyone possesses. No one can lose either the past or the future, for how can someone be deprived of what’s not theirs?” Marcus Aurelius, Meditations,2.14

Live in the moment. Resist the trump when that moment arises.