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You Are Who You Choose

Over the past decade, Buddhism, Taoism, and Greek and Roman wisdom are all being scientifically validated.  Probably there is little reason to read past Marcus Aurelius' Meditations.  In general: You are who you choose to be.  You become your actions. Epictetus said: "If you want to be a writer...write." How banal?  Is it?  How many people say, "I want to be a writer," but don't write?  Certainly many more than who actually write. I want to be a good parent.  Then parent.  This means turning off the television or shelving the books or directing attention outward toward the child.  Every parent says, "I want to be a good parent."  Few of them actually parent.  Probably every parent watches TV, though. Well, that's not just classical Greek Wisdom...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on February 08, 2010 (boomark / email).