The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holidayby Parker on TwosIf our lives are not ruled by reason, what are they ruled by? Impulse? Whim? Mimicry? Unthinking habit?As we examine our past behavior, it's sad how often we were not acting consciously or deliberately but instead by forces we did not bother to evaluateA mind that isn't in control of itself. that doesn't understand its power to regulate itself, will be jerked around by external events and unquestioned impulses