Today’s Daily Stoic Meditation outlines that you must protect your own flame — your own ache to be good.
“Protect your own good in all that you do, and as concerns everything else take what is given as far as you can make reasoned use of it. If you don’t, you’ll be unlucky, prone to failure, hindered and stymied.”
— EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 4.3.11
Be Good
You need to do your moral job and be good.
In whatever situation, with whichever people, you have just one job — to be good.
Regardless of the circumstances, you should work on being good.
Regardless of who’s around or not (maybe even more important, if there’s anyone around) you should work on being good.
Regardless of how you feel in a specific moment, you should work on being good.
We each have a flame inside of us, one that points us in this direction.
We each have a burning for good, and it is your responsibility to protect it.
Protect The Flame
Protect the flame, no matter what.
Protect the flame that pushes you towards greatness, excellence and progress.
