The Highest Good: An Introduction To The 4 Stoic Virtues
Virtues Of Stoics: Justice
Justice is a virtue of stoicism that puts one’s self-interest and personal good out of the equation, and puts the focus on the betterment of the world.
The virtue of justice is explained as:
Not harming others.
Keeping personal and private property separate.
Thinking of others, not just of yourself. Everybody is important.
Doing good to others.
Embracing and following nature, contributing to society’s good.
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Our habits make us survive, thrive and live ahead, even during hard times. Each repeated action we do becomes a habit, as we add fuel to the fire. The more we do it, the more it is reinforced.
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You can bring your problems to a journal. Journaling is you figuring things out and clearing your head.
Leave your destructive thoughts in your journal. We all carry around destructive thoughts about the things that went wrong. Instead of holding our thoughts in our head, we can put it down on paper.
Keep a journal for your grandchildren. Fifty years from now, our own notebooks will be around to astonish and inspire our grandchildren, unlike our tweets and Facebook posts.
Journal for your future self. Produce something that you can look back on and learn from.
Forget all the rules others impose about a journal. Do what works for you.