221028 What I learned in my studies this morning 2

Friday! I feel good!
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.

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.

Today's Meditation:

Today's Music:

Má vlast - My homeland 2. 'Vltava' bv Bedřich Smetana