July 4th
PROTECT THE FLAME
“Protect your own good in all that you do, and as concerns everything else take what is given as far as you can make reasoned use of it. If you don’t, you’ll be unlucky, prone to failure, hindered and stymied.”
—EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 4.3.11
The goodness inside you is like a small flame, and you are its keeper. It’s your job, today and every day, to make sure that it has enough fuel, that it doesn’t get obstructed or snuffed out.
Every person has their own version of the flame and is responsible for it, just as you are. If they all fail, the world will be much darker—that is something you don’t control. But so long as your flame flickers, there will be some light in the world.
7月4日
守护那团火焰
“在你所做的一切之中，守护你自己的善；至于其他一切，就在你能够合乎理性地利用它的范围内，接受它所给予你的东西。如果你不这样做，你就会不幸，容易失败，受到阻碍，并陷入停滞。”
——爱比克泰德，《论说集》，4.3.11
你内在的善就像一团小小的火焰，而你就是它的守护者。今天，以及每一天，你的职责就是确保它有足够的燃料，确保它不会被遮蔽，也不会被熄灭。
每个人都有属于自己的那一团火焰，也都要对它负责，正如你要对自己的火焰负责一样。如果所有人都失败了，世界就会变得更加黑暗——那不是你能够控制的事情。但只要你的火焰还在闪动，世界上就仍然会有一些光。
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