Ambition means tying your well-being to what other people say or do.
Self-indulgence means tying it to the things that happen to you
Sanity means tying it to your own actions.
~ Marcus Aurelius (Meditations 6.51)
How many of us hitch our self worth to other people’s wagons?
We complain if we are paid less than someone else for doing a similar job.
We expect a particular level of treatment because we have a flashy piece of paper or letters after our name.
We tie it to how many likes we get on a social media post, how many friends or connections we have, and so on.
Very few of us base our self worth on how we behave as a whole.
Cameron Blewett is an independent writer and publisher. He helps professionals and organisations turn complex ideas into clear, authoritative writing through Dark Quill Agency. His work spans projects including GreyBeardedVegan.blog, ItsAllAbout.coffee and VeganStoic.com.
Cameron Blewett is an independent writer and publisher. He helps professionals and organisations turn complex ideas into clear, authoritative writing through Dark Quill Agency. His work spans projects including GreyBeardedVegan.blog, ItsAllAbout.coffee and VeganStoic.com.