THE LONG WAY AROUND

“You could enjoy this very moment all the things you are praying to reach by taking the long wayaround—if you’d stop depriving yourself of them.”
—MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 12.1

Ask most people what they’re working toward and you’ll get an answer like: “I’m trying to become a[insert profession].” Or they’ll tell you they’re trying to get appointed to some impressive comiteeor position, become a millionaire, get discovered, become famous, whatever.

Now you ask a couple morequestions, such as “Why are you doing that?” or “What are you hoping it will be like when you get it?”and you find at the very core of it, people want freedom, they want happiness, and they want the respect of their peers.A Stoic looks at all this and shakes his head at the imense efort and expense we put into chasingthings that are simple and straightforward to acquire.
It’s as if we prefer to spend years building acomplicated Rube Goldberg machine instead of just reaching out and picking up what we want. It’s like looking all over for your sunglasses and then realizing they were on your head the whole time.

Freedom?
That’s easy. It’s in your choices.

Happiness?
That’s easy. It’s in your choices.

Respect of your peers?
That too is in the choices you make.And all of that is right in front of you.
No need to take the long way to get there.

Shabbat Shalom

``ህይወት የልቧን የሚዘፍንላት ዘፋኝ ስታጣ አሳቧን የሚናገር ፈላስፋ ታፈራለች..``

' 'When Life does not find a singer to sing her heart she produces a philosopher to speak her mind.' '

                          ―Kahlil Gibran

I got invited into this movie👆👆👆

Let's talk abt
-Syria
-Haiti
-Congo
- Sudan
- The persecution of Christians everywhere

That's the real oppression. In Gaza abt 60,000(19,000 civilians) people died but in Syria 500,000. Am not saying this number justify whatever the action is still civilians shouldn't be killed. But which topic should we speak abt??🤔🤔

THE TRULYEDUCATED AREN’T QUARELSOME

“The beautiful and good person neither fights with anyone nor, as much as they are able, permitsothers to fight . . . this is the meaning of geting an education—learning what is your own afairand what is not. If a person carries themselves so, where is there any room for fighting?”—EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 4.5.1; 7b–8a

Socrates famously traveled around Athens, approaching the people he disagreed with most, andengaging them in long discussions. In these discussions—or what record we have of them—there aremany examples of his conversation mates geting exasperated, upset, or aggravated by his many questions.Indeed, the people of Athens eventually got so upset, they sentenced Socrates to death.

But Socrates never seemed to get upset himself. Even when talking about maters of life and death, healways kept his cool. He was much more interested in hearing what the other person had to say thanmaking sure he was heard or—as most of us insist upon—wining the argument.


The next time you face a political dispute or a personal disagreement, ask yourself: Is there anyreason to fight about this? Is arguing going to help solve anything? Would an educated or wise personreally be as quarrelsome as you might initially be inclined to be? Or would they take a breath, relax, andresist the temptation for conflict? Just think of what you could accomplish—and how much beter youwould feel—if you could conquer the need to fight and win every tiny litle thing.

Proverbs 13:11 ASV
[11] Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished; But he that gathereth by labor shall have increase.

Am at my g movie inauguration

He is the first camera man(the main camera man)

And am so proud of Him

The writer and producer

I gotta say am not a fun of opening speech damn

I think I know chelotaw kelkay

5.5 million Ethiopiam birr

The movie started

I saw my g name

There is no nobility in poverty

Sofar what i got from the movie

Child in poverty that's wild