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Thanks for sharing my blog here Cassius. Feel free to comment guys.

Thanks Cassius for the iinput. I'll create a separate article on fears or worries being the result of religious beliefs, notion of death, and other uncertainties of life. About the right and wrong thing, It's clear among us that virtues are not the end but only useful to achieve pleasure. I am ready to answer such questions depending on the context. Your observations will help me make my succeeding blog posts more compelling especially on the above issues you mentioned.

Yes Cassius. I was reading your exchanges with Hiram on Epucurean economics. With regards to the "Make the best out of a bad situation," I still hold on to the eliminationl of pain instead of the endurance of pain because to endure pain is useless if there is nothing pleasant to look forward to.

Thanks Cassius for the commentaries. They are really helpful for me in refining the mentioned topics. However on the part where you said that "expect the worst and you won't get disappointed," I don't think that's what I am trying to express. If you get back to the paragraph, I wrote: "In other words, expect the worst and execute your best response." This doesn't seem to expess passive acceptance such as not getting disappointed by merely expecting the worst. My last sentence "execute your best …

Yes Cassius. That's exactly what I am thinking. Your excellent articulation is really quite helpful for me. Maybe, I fell short in my choice of words. This is my problem whenever I try to reach the "not-so-stupid" lay readers as compared with the learned ones.

(Quote from Cassius) Thanks Cassius. Yes, English is not my first language. (Quote from Cassius) Here is the link: http://epicureanmindset.blogsp…eds/posts/default?alt=rss

Thanks again Cassius!

By the way, the reason why I created this blog is to counter every self-help content that fools ordinary people with lies and empty advice. One of which is this Youtube video that tells people lies about Epicureans: m.youtube.com/watch?v=1h-BNi9UNcM&feature=share