Are my guiding principles healthy and robust?
Marcus Aurelius in his book "Meditations" says: "Bear in mind that the measure of a man is the worth of the things he cares about. If it is good to say or do something, then it is even better to be criticized for having said or done it. Are my guiding principles healthy and robust? On this hangs everything." Book 7, #3. Are my guiding principles healthy and robust? For truly on THAT hangs everything. I've been sitting and thinking about There...God knows why I do it, I am the ultimate glutton for punishment. I think in my life, justice, honor, wisdom and altruism have to be the greatest of what qualities I wish to possess as a human being. Today, once again, the glutton for punishment that I am...I had to look in on the little Therians and what is going on in their lives. I kind of look down on them like a pack of high school kids with an imbicilic Principal. But there it was, and damn my nobility, I felt compelled to help. Now of course I know that me trying to...