260502 What I learned in my studies this morning 6

Today's Meditation(s):

Musonius Rufus, Lecture 3.7

I Iove that my wife is smarter than I am. And she's handier, too.

We study philosophy and psychology together, though not what I do for this blog. This is separate.

I love that she understands my Stoicism and its philosophical foundations.

(That she knows about those who sell stoicism as a way to 'get ahead in life' or who leave out the commitment to community and the drive to be more virtuous rather than simply more veneered in a warped form of 'success.' She recognizes the difference between that and the philosophy as found in the extant writings.)

I love that she cares about being a good person and holds that as a priority for our children, just as I do.

I cannot imagine wanting her to be any less intelligent, wise, or capable than she is. Why on Earth would I possibly want that?!