Slack Slacker Agrees with Marcus Aurelius: You’d Be Better Off Not Giving a Phuck!
Let me share. Someone on YouTube explained it this way. And I quote
“My life totally changed when I stopped giving a shit what other people thought. In a famous passage in Marcus Aurelius' Meditations, he says we all love ourselves more than other people. Still, for some reason, we care about their opinions more than our own. If I like it, then I like it. I don't care if you like it, if I think it's good, or if I'm proud of it. I'm proud of it, and it's good; it doesn't matter what you think.
We live in a world awash with data, noise, and opinions from others. It's so easy to lose track of what you think, which is the one thing you control, and therefore, according to the Stoics, the one thing that matters. If you don't want to be that person, why do you care about their opinion more than your own? If you can't control it, if it's not up to you, if it's outside you, why are you focusing on it? Do you like it? Did you work hard on it? Is it your best? Is it valuable to you? That's what matters — very little else does.
Bottom Line: Those who live their lives according to what they consider essential are infinitely happier than those who seek attention and validation from others. That's the message for today, tomorrow, and the rest of your life.
Lee Bines, aka Slack Slacker, is proving I can use my brain for more than a sponge for Tequila. So, there! 😎
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