260206 What I learned in my studies this morning 6

Today's Mediation:

This thing that you signed up for—being a person of virtue—was never promised to you as a path to success. No one ever said it was the ideal strategy for politics or business. No one said it was the better end of the bargain. But you know what it is? It’s a way to live with yourself. It’s a way to keep yourself from being sucked in and degraded. It’s a way to be good even in bad times. ~ The Daily Stoic 260204

It's not a secret formula for success. It's a secret formula for being able to look at myself in the mirror in the morning.

I'm not there yet, either.