Commonplace Wren

A Collection of Thoughts

Dealing with Other People

Meditations Chapter 4-6

That sort of person is bound to do that. You might as well resent a fig tree for secreting juice.

~ Marcus Aurelius

Date Recorded: 12/19/2023

Meditations Chapter 5-3

If an action or utterance is appropriate, then it’s appropriate for you. Don’t be put off by other people’s comments and criticism. If it’s right to say or do it, then it’s the right thing for you to do or say.

The others obey their own lead, follow their own impulses. Don’t be distracted. Keep walking. Follow your own nature, and follow Nature—along the road they share.

~ Marcus Aurelius

Date Recorded: 1/30/2024

Meditations Chapter 5-20

In a sense, people are our proper occupation. Our job is to do them good and put up with them.

~ Marcus Aurelius

Date Recorded: 2/15/2024

Meditations Chapter 5-25

So other people hurt me? That's their problem. Their character and actions are not mine. What is done to me is ordained by nature, what I do by my own.

~ Marcus Aurelius

Date Recorded: 2/22/2024

Meditations Chapter 6-53

Practice really hearing what people say. Do your best to get inside their minds.

~ Marcus Aurelius

Date Recorded: 5/16/2024

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