Today’s Daily Stoic Meditation outlines that, when dealing with haters, your best strategy is to stay good.
“What if someone despises me? Let them see to it. But I will see to it that I won’t be found doing or saying anything contemptible. What if someone hates me? Let them see to that. But I will see to it that I’m kind and good-natured to all, and prepared to show even the hater where they went wrong. Not in a critical way, or to show off my patience, but genuinely and usefully.”
— MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 11.13
Do Not Turn Into One Of Them
Do not turn into one of them.
Do not let yourself become a hater.
The Common Tendency
When faced with haters, people have a tendency to react back with hate.
People may react out of anger or frustration, and begin to hate too and adopt those same traits.
People tend to become a hater.
However, this is incredible detrimental.
You cannot lose yourself to the crowd.
Stay Good
Stay good.
Follow through with your moral, stoic duty and stay good.
Do not feed into or follow their hate.
Do not act like them.
Do not become a hater.
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Stay true to yourself and stay good.
