I was watching a reel on Insta where a woman was saying that her rage is what reminds her of her values.
Like when she finds herself growing into a rage over something republicans say or something misogynists do etc, she is grateful for her rage because it keeps her focused on what she knows she believes in despite where the world seems to falling to.
Do you need rage for that?
Do you need reminders?
Why do you need reminders of your values and morals?
I wrote an extensive post about an experience with Banishers that really triggered me and reminded me of the abuse I’d suffered for many years … and I said that it reminded me of what I like about the person I’ve become as a result of that trauma and abuse …
It wasn’t about anger … even though a trigger was activated … it was more about resolve and resolve is FAR from anger on the emotional chart.
In fact, it’s the total opposite of what anger is.
𝙍𝙀𝙎𝙊𝙇𝙑𝙀 – late 14c., “melt, dissolve, reduce to liquid; separate into component parts; alter, alter in form or nature by application of physical process”, “to loosen, untie, release”
From the notion of “separate into components” comes the sense in optics (1785; resolution). From the notion of “reduce by mental analysis into its basic forms” (late 14c.) comes the meaning “determine, decide upon” after analysis (1520s), hence “pass a resolution” (1580s)
So, not anger. Far from it actually.
Anger came from an Old Norse word that actually meant: 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨, 𝙜𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙛, 𝙨𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙬, 𝙖𝙛𝙛𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣.
Have you ever noticed how words CHANGE to suit the SOCIETAL ATTITUDES that they exist in and that they have become LESS honest?
The word anger these days refers to something people believe they control or direct, instead of actually being similar to what the stoics (and others) knew it to be; an affliction; something outside of ones control, something destructive and debilitating to ONESELF.
When it comes to your morals, values, beliefs … what a healthy, regulated person has is a sense of resolve.
verb: melt, dissolve, reduce to liquid; separate into component parts
and
noun: determination, firmness or fixedness of purpose
You would have melted, dissolved, and reduced your feelings (including anger) into a bunch of parts – ideas, questions, reactions, understandings – and solidified them into something more firm, more resolute that becomes your base; your foundation.
When who you are and what you believe, value, and represent becomes a solid base or foundation for your psyche, your spirit, and your emotions … you don’t need reminders.
You don’t need statements and descriptors, you don’t need to become angry over things because anger is destructive and debilitating to only YOU. It serves no purpose outside of being an affliction one suffers from.
Anger doesn’t exist to remind you of a solid foundation you stand upon, it’s a state that weakens you.
Anger doesn’t remind one of who they are, it reminds one of who they are not. It takes away from a solid foundation and replaces it with something that controls, destroys, and weakens that foundation.
𝘕𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳, 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳. – Seneca
Resolve is the result of refining dysregulated emotions into a solid foundation of understanding and self-awareness.
Resolve is actually silent.
𝘈𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘪𝘧 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮, 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘴. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘪𝘧, 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘢𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘳. 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯; 𝘸𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴. – Seneca
𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥; 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨, 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦-𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘳. 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭-𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧, 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘭, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭.
𝘈𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘵. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩; 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵.
𝘗𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴, 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥. – Seneca
Why do you need something as uncontrollable, as weak, as puerile, as empty, as destructive, as enslaving as anger to remind you of who you are and where you stand?
Why do you need reminders?
Why is it possible for you to forget who you are, where you came from, what you stand for, what you believe, and what you would fight for?
How can such fundamental aspects of your whole being be so easily forgotten?
Perhaps because you rely on an emotion that is akin to madness to remind you …
𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦, 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴.
𝘚𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘧𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘸𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘬, 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘰𝘮𝘦.
𝘈𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵; 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭. – Seneca
I think it makes things more clear to be honest and speak what you’re really saying about yourself out loud …
𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘺 … 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 … 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘧, 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳 … 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳.
That’s not something I personally would take pride in … but hey, do you.
𝘗𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭? 𝘐𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘵? 𝘐𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩. 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘶𝘱. – Elaine Barlow (1988, age 16)
𝘈𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩—𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴. 𝘋𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶. – Ryan Holiday.
𝘈𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳, 𝘪𝘧 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥, 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘫𝘶𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘵. 𝘈𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥. 𝘈𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭. – Seneca
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘫𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥; 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘧, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥. 𝘞𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘫𝘶𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘵: 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩. 𝘞𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘱𝘴𝘦, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘺. – Seneca