Ryan Holiday
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first heard Jun 2016
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on handling haters.
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This is from the Daily Stoic Journal, 366 days of writing and reflection on the art of living by yours truly and my wonderful collaborator, Steven Hanselman, who I also worked on the Daily Stoic with.
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Today's entry, the Stoics taught that kindness trumps hate.
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They believed that those who engage in hate are prisoners to a destructive passion, one that hurts the practitioner, not the intended target.
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There's no reason to hate a hater.
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They're already suffering enough.
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In fact, when we see them this way, it makes it easier to be kind, good-natured, genuine, and useful.
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Remember that line in the Bible about how loving your enemies is like pouring hot coals on them?
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because it's so unexpected.
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What can surprise you that way?
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Whose enmity can you meet with kindness and compassion?
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And how much better do you feel when you've done so?
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You know, this is something I've struggled with a bit recently, just having watched my stuff on social media get attacked
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Sometimes I have fun with it.
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Sometimes I like to stir it up a bit.
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I try not to get angry about it.
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It's not something that makes me angry, but there is a part of it that makes me really sad, really frustrated, because it's not that I can't take it.
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I can take it.
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But what I understand is how these ideas are rippling through and influencing other people, making them fall prey to misinformation or participate in antisocial behavior.
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But I do try to remember this idea that hurt people hurt people.
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