221028 What I learned in my studies this morning 2
Friday! I feel good!
Joys of life blooming around,
Joys of life blooming around,
Friday! I'm in love!
Daily Stoic:
We are, eventually, inevitably, communal animals. Our highest duties and responsibilities appear only in relation to others.
Daily Stoic:
Personal progress is solitary as those things which reside in my head are the only ones under my control. They are all I can only reliably count on and improve. But those are personal achievements, not for glory or rewards.
If I want to continue my journey, if I want to be fully human, if I want to move along that road which leads to wisdom, I must engage with and benefit the people around me.
I can't let being introverted stop me. It's not really a hindrance, though I pretend sometimes it is. Introversion means I have a limited social battery; after short- to medium-length interactions with others, I need to withdraw and recharge. But I can come back. Alone time is a break in the action, not the end of the scene.
But what in this forced-yet-chosen temporary escape means I can't help others? If I cannot bring myself to rejoin company at the moment, be that moment long or short, I can still do positive things which don't require in-person contact: being kind and supportive and helpful and generous online, in messages, and in act, anonymous or identified.
Just because I am generally more comfortable on my own, or around those I truly know and love, doesn't relieve me from my duty to help.
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Please note that I am not saying I agree or disagree with what is posted above. It is merely a recording of what I read this morning.