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Today’s Daily Stoic Meditation outlines how you must do your job, stay true to yourself and be good.
For that is your only role in life — to be good.
“Whatever anyone does or says, for my part I’m bound to the good. In the same way an emerald or gold or purple might always proclaim: ‘whatever anyone does or says, I must be what I am and show my true colors.’”
— MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 7.15
Do Your Job
Do your job.
Whatever anyone does or says, be who you are and show your true colours.
For a stoic, their job is to be good.
Regardless of the circumstances, they work on being good.
Regardless of who’s around or not (maybe even more important, if there’s anyone around) they work on being good.
Regardless of how they feel in a specific moment, they work on being good.
This is your job in life — to be good.
Practice and preach it.
Ignore The Circumstances
In order to do your job, you need to ignore specific circumstances and triggers.
You need to ignore the things that may provoke frustration or encourage you to lash out.
