MADE FOR JUSTICE

“The unjust person acts against the gods. For insofar as the nature of the universe made rational creatures for the sake of each other, with an eye toward mutual benefit based on true value and

never for harm, anyone breaking nature’s will obviously acts against the oldest of gods.

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—MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 9.1.1

We say of the most heinous acts that they are crimes against nature. We consider certain things to be an affront against humanity , saying, “This violates everything we hold dear.” However much we differ in religion, upbringing, politics, class, or gender, we can come together in agreement there. Why?Because our sense of justice goes marrow deep. We don’t like it when people cut in line; we don’t like freeloaders; we pass laws that protect the defenseless; and we pay our taxes, agreeing, in part, to redistribute our wealth to those in need. At the same time, if we think we can get away with it, we might try to cheat or bend the rules. To paraphrase Bill Walsh, when left to our own devices, many of us individuals seek lower ground like water.The key , then, is to support our natural inclination to justice with strong boundaries and strong commitments—to embrace, as Lincoln urged a divided, angry nation to do,“the better angels of our nature.”

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sometimes it’s ok to misbehave 🤐. 

necessary routine !

 to set it right before going to bed ! 

Goodnight ~ ❤️ Kavi. 

BECOMING AN EXPERT IN WHAT MATTERS

“Believe me, it’s better to produce the balance-sheet of your own life than that of the grain market.

”—SENECA, ON THE BREVITY OF LIFE, 18.3b

The things that some people manage to be experts in: fantasy sports, celebrity trivia, derivatives and commodities markets, thirteenth-century hygiene habits of the clergy.

We can get very good at what we’re paid to do, or adept at a hobby we wish we could be paid to do. Yet our own lives, habits, and tendencies might be a mystery to us.

Seneca was writing this important reminder to his father-in-law, who, as it happened, was for a time in charge of Rome’s granary . But then his position was revoked for political purposes. Who really cares, Seneca was saying, now you can focus that energy on your inner life.

At the end of your time on this planet, what expertise is going to be more valuable—your understanding of matters of living and dying, or your knowledge of the ’87 Bears? Which will help your children more—your insight into happiness and meaning, or that you followed breaking political news every day for thirty years?

~ Beautiful 😍 

~ 🙏 Gratitude 

Love Kavi ☀️

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 JUDGMENTS CAUSE DISTURBANCE

“It isn’t events themselves that disturb people, but only their judgments about them.”

—EPICTETUS, ENCHIRIDION, 5

The samurai swordsman Musashi made a distinction between our “perceiving eye” and our “observing eye.

” The observing eye sees what is. The perceiving eye sees what things supposedly mean. Which one do you think causes us the most anguish?

An event is inanimate. It’s objective. It simply is what it is. That’s what our observing eye sees.

This will ruin me. How could this have happened? Ugh! It’ s so-and-so’ s fault. That’s our perceiving eye at work. Bringing disturbance with it and then blaming it on the event.

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 Paapi 👿 insaan jaaag tera to weekend 🔥 aagaya ! Gross 👿👿👿

Dual again . Luv Kavi ❤️🥵

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 There is no better time to begin ❤️Kavi 

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