WORK OF THE MONTH - 202511 and 202512
WORK OF THE MONTH-SENECA-OF SERENITY (202511)
Intro
In On Tranquility of Mind, Seneca observes inner unrest without offering comfort.
He writes about bitterness, withdrawal, and the quiet danger of retreating from life.
Those who flee into leisure and isolation do not find peace. They find stagnation.
Observation
Seneca argues that complete withdrawal from others leads not to calm, but to emptiness.
Action matters. Purpose matters.
When all contact is broken, opportunities for action disappear.
Inactivity sharpens unrest instead of soothing it.
Reflection
Tranquility, for Seneca, is not found in escape.
It is found in proportion — between desire and reality, effort and outcome.
Adaptability is essential. Rigidity is the true enemy of peace.
Quote
Tranquility is not the absence of movement, but balance within it.
Connection to TOLYW
Like METAMORPH, Seneca’s thinking frames change as awareness, not avoidance.
Calm is not passive.
It is practiced.
WORK OF THE MONTH-ALBERT CAMUS (202512)
Books: THE FALL · THE STRANGER · THE MYTH OF SISYPHUS**
Intro
Albert Camus writes in the light of late hours.
When the sun is low and certainty fades.
In The Stranger, The Fall, and The Myth of Sisyphus, he does not search for meaning. He watches what remains when meaning disappears.
This is not despair.
It is clarity at sunset.
Observation
Meursault stands under the sun, silent, exposed.
Clamence speaks in the half-light, confessing to no one in particular.
Sisyphus walks back down the mountain, the sky changing above him.
Nothing is resolved.
But everything is seen.
The world does not explain itself — it simply exists.
Reflection
Camus teaches acceptance without surrender.
To live without answers does not mean to live without warmth.
It means noticing laughter, breath, human presence — fleeting, but real.
Like the sun touching the horizon, life gains weight precisely because it ends.
Quote
In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.
Connection to TOLYW
Like SUNSET, Camus stands between light and darkness.
No escape. No illusion.
Only awareness and the choice to stay present.
The day ends.
We remain.