260501 What I learned in my studies this morning 6*

Today's Meditation(s):

 Musonius Rufus, Lecture 2.4

Virtue is natural to humanity, but must be trained as any skill or art.

"My old man told me one time,

You never get wise, you only get older." ~The Dandy Warhols, Big Indian (2000)

As I told my child, this is only true if I let it be true. I may not make much progress on my road to wisdom, but I will at least learn of my faults and fallacies, assumptions and assheadedness.

Now I have a list of things to fix. That's better than many.

Wisdom can be trained.

Follow Nature.

Use reason.

Focus on what is up to me.

Keep it simple.

Use wisdom, justice, temperance, and courage to pursue virtue.

Do the next right thing.

Amor fati.