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Reflecting on casual meanness this season of "thanks," I'm reminded of Marcus Aurelius' #Meditations. His thoughts on handling ignorance and wrongdoing, well, I want to resonate with it.
Cooperation over division, pity over anger.
I'm trying my best, Marcus, but I think your thinking was more evolved than mine. So, maybe you can find some pity for me, too.
https://copingalgorithms.pika.page/posts/a-brief-meditation-on-pity
I've always felt Aurelius' stoicism was at least partly owing to the fact that he could, with the twitch of a finger, have most any nuisance he took issue with done away with.
My fingers twitch constantly and nary a nuisance has been burlap sacked.
@andrew An apt observation!
Couple it with something along the lines of "we teach what we most need to learn," and yeah, he was probably just a guy trying to work through his own stuff, as we all are.
Absolutely, and FWIW I meant no disrespect to you or Marcus. My recollection is that he was never intending to write for publication, so you are almost certainly spot on.