How to Build a Memory Palace! (Dr. Kevin Vost) | Ep. 347
Pints With Aquinas
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You Have to Be Happy for the Sake of the People That Have to Live With You
A lot of our anger and frustration comes from trying to control what we actually cant control. I once heard a buddhist monk say that the reason he decided to be happy was out of compassion for the people that had to live with him. That's a beautiful insight. And hit reminds me too, something else. Fom epitetus, in his first chapter, he says that people starting in philosophy, he said, blame other people. He said, people making a little progress start to blame themselves. The focus is more on correcting problems, in doing the right things, than portioning out.
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