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Men exist for the sake of one another. Teach them then, or bear with them.
Marcus Aurelius · Meditations · paraphrase
What it means today

Since we are here for one another, you have two honest options with a difficult person: help them learn, or patiently bear them. Anger is neither — it is a third way that serves no one.

Try this todayWith one difficult person today, choose to teach or to bear, instead of to resent.
Today’s questionAm I teaching, bearing, or just resenting?
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