(독서)Daily Stoic-7월 15일 DOING THE RIGHT THING IS ENOUGH




"When you've done well and another has benefited by it, why like a fool do you look for a third thing on top-credit for the good deed or a favor in return?"-MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 7.73
("당신이 선행을 베풀고 다른 사람이 그로 인해 이익을 얻었는데, 왜 바보처럼 선행의 대가나 호의에 대한 보답으로 제3의 것을 찾는가?" -마르쿠스 아우렐리우스, 명상록, 7.73)
The answer to the question "Why did you do the right thing?" should always be "Because it was the right thing to do." After all, when you hear or see another person do that-especially when they might have endured some hardship or difficulty as a consequence for doing that right thing-do you not think, There, that is a human being at their finest?
So why on earth do you need thanks or recognition for ...

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