Jemma Spike

Justice is the ability to be kind, to be fair, to be a power for good.

And temperance basically means self-control, not asking or wanting for too much of anything in the

money, praise, substances, that sort of thing.

That should be your focus.

If you focus on being a good person and mastering those four things, you can change how you interpret the world so that the world feels more positive towards you.

This may make us believe that Stoicism is all about personal peace and nothing else.

And it's actually not as self-centered as you think, and it's not as passive about the lives of others as you may think.

It basically just says, thinking about how terrible the world is isn't going to change the world unless you work on being a good person.

Being a good Stoic, being a good person benefits others because it's only those of us who have cultivated this great internal life and this internal life of virtue who can bring about positive change and who can see the world clearly and act on what really does need fixing.

And that is like the biggest goal.

To give you another quote from another very famous, I guess, stoic, Marcus Aurelius.

Basically, he said, stop wasting time arguing about whether the world is good.

Just prove that the world is good.

And I genuinely think that is one of the most powerful philosophies that we can have in this day and age.

Especially for me, I feel like that resonates so much.

I find so much peace and meaning and power, I guess.

Is that the right word?

Yeah, power.

Just knowing that

I cannot change how others behave.