This is going to be kind of a cheat because I have no intention of leaving my apartment today. Any work on relationships today will be theoretical, involve people knocking on my door, or via e-mail.
Stoicism, as we commonly think of it is actually “small s” stoicism as it’s been picked up in the vernacular. Stoicism teaches we are naturally inclined to care for other people and to become involved in their communities. Musonius Rufus wrote that “a virtuous person displays love for his fellow human beings as well as goodness, justice, kindness, and concern for his neighbor.” That’s all well and good but I was a foster kid from my 7th birthday until my 14th after which I was essentially an emancipated minor so that’s a developmental need. The military taught me about teams and teammates, etc., but in my experience, that’s not as large an umbrella as you might think mostly involving dealing with external threats.
This background has actually worked for me since I retired because whatever I do now is done without expectation of anything in return. Many people with whom I volunteer are disappointed that so much of the grunt work goes unnoticed, and I do recognize that and make an effort to commend folks whatever their contributions are. I’m thankful for the opportunity to do meaningful work that gets me out of bed, out of the apartment, and that I enjoy.
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Spoiler alert! We do have differences! The question then is what is the impact of those differences on us? On me? I have friends who are vegan, others who are vegetarian, and others and me who are carnivores. I do not judge others based on their diet. I have friends who are heterosexual, friends who are homosexual, and at least one friend who is transsexual. I do not judge others based on their gender identity or sexual preferences with respect to consenting adults.
I am having an issue with a couple of friends who will not be voting as I will next month, and that pains me, but we’ve had that conversation and they believe that they are correct and will vote their conscience as I will. I’m not at equanimity yet, but that’s on me and not on them.
On voting, I don’t have a problem with how anyone plans to vote this year– whether it’s how I will or not. Well, maybe I think it’d be negative if they were voting for a woman because she was or against her because she was. I felt that about the last election too– don’t vote on color. We should vote on issues and character. Since this year, for me, character is not good on either, I have to vote on issues. I’ve never had a time where I feel so negative on both candidates. Generally, I see both as possible but simply one is pro on the issues I want.
Of the ones I know, who are voting for Trump, not one is a bigot. I wish the ones voting for Hillary knew more of her negatives than they appear to do– reading only liberal sites. I also hope they pay attention to what she does once in as she doesn’t always follow through on economic and military issues as we might hope…
I’ve read that liberals are counting on Bernie and Elizabeth Warren to hold her to account on their issues. As retired military, we’ve never been sure who, if anyone, was looking out for us. If it was anyone it was usually to advance their near-term agenda.