"A benefit should be kept like a buried treasure, only to be dug up in necessity.... Nature bids us to do well by all.... Wherever there is a human being, we have an opportunity for kindness." -SENECA, ON THE HAPPY LIFE, 24.2-3
(“혜택은 묻혀 있는 보물처럼 간직했다가 필요할 때만 파헤쳐야 한다.... 자연은 우리에게 모두에게 잘하라고 명령한다.... 인간이 있는 곳이면 어디든 친절의 기회가 있습니다.” -세네카, 행복한 삶에 관하여, 24.2-3)
The first person you meet today-passing acquaintance or friend- no matter the context -positive or negative-is an opportunity for kindness. Or as different translators have taken this line from Seneca to mean, it is an opportunity for benefit. For both of you. You can seek to understand where they are coming from. You can seek to understand who they are, what they need, and what forces or impulses might be acting on them. And you can treat them well and be better off for it.
The same is true with the second person you encounter, and the third. Of course, there is no ...
