210404 What I learned in my studies this morning

Spring eggs hunted down. 

Bunny nowhere to be found. 

Happy family. 

Today's Meditation:

A Calendar of Wisdom by Leo Tolstoy 

How to Think Like a Roman Emperor by Donald Robertson, quote by Benedict Spinoza, On the Improvement of the Understanding, 4–5

From The Daily Stoic: 

 

Don't believe the flatterers.  Don't fall prey to those who would inflate your ego and use you to their own ends. 

This so rarely happens to me it is both not a concern and a real problem.

It's not a concern in my daily life. For instance, at work I play an important role, but I'm not in a position to offer favors to others. People are generally nice to me, but no one ever has a need to butter me up.

On the other hand, when it does happen, I'm as susceptible to flattery as anyone else. It's unusual enough for me that I don't normally recognize it when it's happening. Only long after the fact, if ever, do I realize I've been manipulated.

Something to work on.