This One is On Ambition and Self Sabotage
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“Ambition means tying your well-being to what other people say or do. Self-indulgence means tying it to the things that happen to you. Sanity means tying it to your actions." — Marcus Aurelius
“I do my duty. Other things trouble me not." — Marcus Aurelius
On Ambition and Happiness
Most people don't know they want to be happy. It's not in their conscious acknowledgment that, deep down, they desire that state.
In a fit of ignorance and confusion, they find ineffective ways to get this joy, albeit simulacrums of it as they don’t understand human nature, what their purpose is, how the world works, and how to concoct all that wisdom into the desired savory state: true happiness.
This is why it can be hard to perceive someone being in the gutters, grinding toward success through lonely nights, while happy.
Sometimes, even the rare person to accomplish this feat isn't sure if they have the right to feel happy, confident, content, and secure as their …
