Animals always act according to their nature. Babies too. Think of the pureness of their actions – of their living. To eat when they are hungry. To sleep when they are tired. But when adults act this way – act without concern for others – we call them immoral. Why? Knowledge of good and evil.Continue reading “Goodness Nature”
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Quote of the day 07/30/23
From Marcus Aurelius: “Don’t be ashamed to need help. Like a soldier storming a wall, you have a mission to accomplish. And if you’ve been wounded and need a comrade to pull you up? So what?”
Today
Today I will remember that virtue is its own reward. I will try to be kind, understanding, helpful, and selfless to the best of my ability.
Stoic quote 07/03/23
From Marcus Aurelius: “Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.”
Stoic quote of the day 07/02/23
Here’s one from Marcus Aurelius. A good reminder for a Sunday morning. “Have I been made for this, to lie under the blankets and keep myself warm?”
Today
As I sit in my car before work, listening to bird song, I think of what the day will bring. I know that I am very small. I will face challenges, but I should remember that things do not happen to me but merely happen. I have an opportunity today to do good. If IContinue reading “Today”
Quote of the day 06-29-23
Here’s one from Alan Watts. “Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.”
Quote of the day 06/28
From Abraham Lincoln: You cannot now believe that you will ever feel better. But this is not true. You are sure to be happy again. Knowing this, truly believing it will make you less miserable now.
Stoic thought of the day 06/23/23
Here’s another one from Epictetus. “First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.”
Stoic thought of the day 6/22/23
Here’s one from Marcus Aurelius. Say to yourself first thing in the morning: today I shall meet people who are meddling, ungrateful, aggressive, treacherous, malicious, unsocial. All this has afflicted them through their ignorance of true good and evil. But I have that the nature of good is what is right, and the nature ofContinue reading “Stoic thought of the day 6/22/23”
