Today’s article will be dealing with the new world health crisis known as the COVID-19 pandemic. This pandemic (which is how I choose to categorize this emergency) is extremely dangerous and the outcome will surly be painful and severe. I’m not going to sugarcoat anything on this blog since I consider you man enough to accept the reality as it is, we should always accept and deal with things as they are rather than as we want them to be, and this thing, we need to take it very seriously, which many people today, confused and diluted by their comfortable lives and the false reinsurance which their government tries to provide aren’t taking it seriously and will take zero percussion against this deadly crisis. Now to be clear, I’m not here to spread panic and chaos, I am here to bring some reason and stability into the situation, the two things that the modern demescunilized world fails to provide in times like this when the value of each man is proven.

I pray that I am wrong and that this whole situation peters out, that the upcoming warm weather destroys this diseases, but just in case it doesn’t we all need to prepare in order to survive. As a man you are responsible for your own safety and well-being as well as the safety and well-being of those close to you, not the government, not the health authorities, you are the one carrying this burden and baring the honor of it. As men, we always need to prepare for the worst and hope for the best, things might end positively soon, or the world might spiral into a post-apocaliptic chaos, we prepare for the latter and hope for the former. No fear, no anxiety, stop thinking and panicking and start calculating and preparing.

None of us can control this virus, none of us can delay it or destroy it. Endlessly worrying and spreading panic will do nothing but destroy your inner peace. Being Stoic in peaceful times is easy, being Stoic in a crisis is what determines the man’s value. As any Stoic men who strive to become the best version of himselfwe should worry only about the things we can control, this is a key Stoic concept that I’ve talked about before and by which I think all men should guide their focus. Worrying about when and if the virus will hit your community, and spreading panic and disorder is as foolish as believing that your government can protect you in a worst case-case scenario. We don’t know how things will evolve from here, it could be a false alarm, or another global catastrophe like the 1918 influenza pandemic, or an even worse, end of the world event, wherever the case we as men need to be prepared for anything, we cannot predict the future, but we can be prepared for it. I personally always keep some extra food rations, water tanks, survival tools and weaponry in my home in case of an event. I keep myself informed about the virus but not so obsessed that I spend most of my day reading articles and spreading panic in my community, I follow the guidelines to help me protect myself from getting the infection, but outside of those things I keep on living my regular life, trying to be the best man I can be, getting shit done and progressing in my life. Those who worry about a catastrophe suffer twice as more when the catastrophe hits. There’s nothing you can do about the COVID-19 corona virus, but there’s a lot you can do to be prepared, to be healthy and to keep your life on track. Do you think that the great men of Sparta panicked when they heard the Persians were at their gates? Of course not! Those men prepared themselves their whole lives to be the best most masculine and strongest men they can be, and they kept living their lives up until the moment they had to deal with the Persians, and after that came back to their lives and kept preparing for the next emergency.

Brothers, we’ve as men evolved to deal with crises and high-risk situations, the fact that today men have grown weak and masculinity has become vilified shows itself in the irrational panic and unproductive anxiety that most people exhibit in times like these. We need to be men, we need to be prepared for anything and not rely on anyone but ourselves, no panic, no anxiety, only planning and execution. This virus is only a reminder to those of us who still want to be masculine men, that we need to be prepared, both physically, emotionally and mentally in order to deal with any upcoming dangers. Being a stable Stoic man is what kept us alive through centuries, and that it what will keep us alive in any future emergency, let the weak men panic and cry, we prepare.

Your inner peace in precious, anything that tries to shake your stability or demoralize you is deadly for your masculinity, for your mindset and in emergency situations- for your odds of survival. These are the times that separate real men from manlets. Below this text you can find some further resources on being prepared and staying stable in times of trouble Thank you for reading gentlemen, good health to you all.

Further reading:

The video from the youtuber Gonzalo Lira on his CRP channel, talking about the concept of Fatalism and how we need to concentrate on this with are in our sphere of control:

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