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Journal Entry - Tuesday, July 22, 2025



Change The World?


You can’t change the world entirely, but you can change someone’s entire world. —Timber Hawkeye

The message here is you can’t single-handedly change the world. Many have tried and ultimately that approach fails. You have to decide what is enough, once you figure that out, that should become your goal. There is a school of thought that says the desire to change the world only leads to emotional distress, depression, or at the very least, a warped sense of reality. In the worst case scenario, it makes the world worse, not better.



Stoic Thought of the Day

To quote Seneca, “every noble deed is voluntary.” You always have the option to do the wrong thing, the selfish thing. (We see this often in the political arena.) To quote another famous person, it’s easier to “break bad” than it is to do the noble deed. Doing the right thing comes out of wanting to do the right think, and thinking of it as an opportunity for self-improvement.

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