When philosophy is wielded with arrogance and stubbornly, it is the cause for the ruin of many. Let philosophy scrape off your own faults, rather than be a way to rail against the faults of others.
— Seneca, Moral Letters, 103.4b-5a
It pleases me to find this particular quote in the section on acceptance. You can not and should not set out to change and judge others. People come with many faults, and I think people dwell on that very deeply without reminders from others. Sanding down your rough edges does not make you better than anyone else. We are all works in progress, and the only garden to which you can actually tend is your own.
This lesson applies well outside the realm of philosophy as well. Your lifestyle is not better or worse than most others. The books you read are not superior to others. Your hobbies are not, the media you consume is not, your schooling is not, and so on. Your lived experience differs from those around you, but that does not diminish or enhance anyone. Given long enough, we all share the same end regardless of how the time was spent.
Focus your energy internally instead of externally. Chase your goals and your truths. Live the life you want and are proud of. Refine your thinking, build up your strengths and scrape off your own faults as best you can. This is a continual process done over the course of a life time.
Along the way you must accept others where they are and as they are. Do not wield your wisdom like a sword or a bludgeon. Instead you must offer it freely and without judgement in the hope it may be of some use to others.
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