Enlightenment(רְאוּבֵן)
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…
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.
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.
[11] Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished; But he that gathereth by labor shall have increase.
Enlightenment(רְאוּבֵן)
Am at my g movie inauguration
He is the first camera man(the main camera man)
There is no nobility in poverty
Sofar what i got from the movie
Sofar what i got from the movie
Forwarded from 3:16
He washed the feet of the ones who’d walk away.
He broke bread with the one who’d break Him.
That’s not weakness that’s divine love.
-- John 13:5
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He broke bread with the one who’d break Him.
That’s not weakness that’s divine love.
-- John 13:5
@chrstian_316
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Enlightenment(רְאוּבֵן)
THE WISE DON’T HAVE “PROBLEMS” “This is why we say that nothing happens to the wise person contrary to their expectations.” —SENECA, ON TRANQUILITY OF MIND, 13.3b
Hesiod, the poet, said that “the best treasure is a sparing tongue.” Robert Greene considers it a law ofpower: Always Say Less Than Necessary.
We talk because we think it’s helping, whereas in reality it’s making things hard for us. If our spouse isventing, we want to tell them what they should do. In fact, all they actually want us to do is hear them. Inother situations, the world is trying to give us feedback or input, but we try to talk ourselves out of theproblem—only to make it worse.
So today, will you be part of the problem or part of the solution? Will you hear the wisdom of theworld or drown it out with more noise?
We talk because we think it’s helping, whereas in reality it’s making things hard for us. If our spouse isventing, we want to tell them what they should do. In fact, all they actually want us to do is hear them. Inother situations, the world is trying to give us feedback or input, but we try to talk ourselves out of theproblem—only to make it worse.
So today, will you be part of the problem or part of the solution? Will you hear the wisdom of theworld or drown it out with more noise?