STILLNESS IS THE KEY
by RYAN HOLIDAY. Photo credits Daily Stoic & The Reading List.
SELF-HELP
8/22/20251 min read
In one sentence, this book will teach us how to live in the best way possible and how to die well.
No matter what your station in life is or how you are living your life at the moment, Ryan Holiday has articulately distilled the wisdom on conscious living. He provided tools and true to life examples of great personalities who made names for themselves by employing their own ways of gaining stillness and harnessing its power. Keeping a healthy, clutter-free and productive mind might be an impossible goal for some but it certainly is a worthy state to aspire to. We need focus, presence of mind and lots of restful sleep to survive overwhelming challenges in our existence.
He also presented undeniable proofs of noted greats in various times of history to illustrate how an overworked mind, body and spirit could destroy a lifetime's work.
Most of all, the book contains not just the learning part but the guidelines on how to apply them. For no matter how profound the wisdom is, if it’s not being applied then it becomes useless.
Stillness is the Key will certainly open your eyes to the need for stillness and contemplation. Not to escape but to look within. To find the power within so we can be better and do better.
Given the complexity and the incessant noise in the times we are living in, it is essential for us to learn to find stillness within. This book will certainly show us the way. Highly recommending this for everyone who is ready for this journey.