An Important Reminder To Do The Right Thing

Marie.J🙏🤞

3 min

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<figure data-trix-attachment='{"contentType":"image","height":574,"url":"https://convertkit.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/pictures/23129/1890975/content_IMG_1624.jpg","width":800}' data-trix-content-type='image' data-trix-attributes='{"caption":"Our newest Daily Stoic coin"}' class='attachment attachment--preview'><img src='https://convertkit.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/pictures/23129/1890975/content_IMG_1624.jpg' width='800' height='574'/><figcaption class='attachment__caption attachment__caption--edited'>Our newest Daily Stoic coin</figcaption></figure> <a href='https://el2.convertkit-mail.com/c/preview/78i7h8hv/aHR0cHM6Ly9wcmludHMuZGFpbHlzdG9pYy5jb20vcHJvZHVjdHMvc3VtbXVtLWJvbnVt'>Summum Bonum</a> is an expression from Cicero, Rome’s greatest orator. In Latin, it means “the highest good.” And what is the highest good? What is it that we are supposed to be aiming for in this life?To the Stoics, the answer is virtue. If we act virtuously, they believed, everything else important could follow: Happiness, success, meaning, reputation, honor, love. The Stoics didn’t claim this path was easy, or that it would always be recognized or appreciated by those closest to us, only that it was essential. And that the alternative—taking the easy route or the shortcut even if unethical or immoral—was considered only by cowards and fools. As Marcus Aurelius writes in <a href='https://el2.convertkit-mail.com/c/preview/opfkhqh3/aHR0cHM6Ly9nZW5pLnVzL2ppRnJ0Qw=='>Meditations</a>,“Just that you do the right thing. The rest doesn't matter. Cold or warm. Tired or well-rested. Despised or honored. Dying...or busy with other assignments.”To the ancients, if we let virtue lead the way, every step we take will be safe. In Greek mythology, Arete was the goddess of virtue. The model for us to follow—the embodiment of this idea of doing and living right. This idea is t

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An Important Reminder To Do The Right Thing

Marie.J🙏🤞

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