Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
— Marcus Aurelius
STILLNESS
— Marcus Aurelius
STILLNESS
Debating the definition of a good person is an unusually comfortable way of avoiding being one. The discussion has no end and it feels serious, which makes it a superior form of procrastination to most others. Meanwhile the actual work is available in ordinary size all day: telling the truth when it costs something, doing the thing you said you would do.
Notice where you have been theorising about a decency you already understand perfectly well. Do the concrete version once today, and let the definition stay unsettled.
Which value do you discuss more often than you practice?
Free, with nothing to buy inside it.