210724 What I learned in my studies this morning
Birthday boys raucous
Celebration of the day
We were doubly blessed.
Daily Stoic:
I am the master of my world. Not the externals, the idiosyncrasies of the world, but of my mental contents and habits. What I think is my own, regardless of what happens or what others do.
Which is why I am continually astounded by how much illness I see in my approach to others.
Too often I see people as means rather than as ends in themselves. I treat them as a tool to accomplish my goals when I should recognize their sonder, their complete and independent personhood, distinct from my own.
How often am I unkind? Or thoughtless? Or ignorant? Or just don't care that the fully human person I am interacting with is worthy of my respect and care?
My world is my own. I am responsible for myself. Others are responsible for their worlds. Even so, part of my duty is to treat people well and be a cause of joy and felicity in their lives rather than the negative emotions I too often cause.
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Daily Shakespeare:
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