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We know they swore an oath to do better. We've been talking about our elected leaders and their many failures. That they refuse to stand up, that they refuse to risk their jobs, that they refuse to do the hard work of reaching across the aisle or tackling intractable, thankless problems. This is a problem, no question.
But as always, stoicism is not about them. It's about us. When we say that courage is calling, do we mean other people, or do we mean that the bell is tolling for us? The question, as always, is are we being brave enough?
Are we doing our job? It's easy to condemn and judge others. It's harder to turn that judgment around. As Seneca, a hypocritical politician himself, it's worth noting, would say, we tend to notice the pimple on someone else, ignoring that we ourselves are covered in sores.
Think about the principles we are standing on. Think of what we are willing to risk. Think of the intractable problems we have chosen to tackle in our neighborhood, in our workplace, in our families. Think of whether we are working with people we disagree with, or are we too afraid?
Are we embodying the traits that we would like to see in our leaders? Because courage demands that we do. And obviously, this is the idea in courage is calling. A book I wrote back in 2020, but, you know, it turns out to be particularly relevant today.
It's the first in the four virtue series. Obviously, that was followed by Disciplines Destiny and then Right Thing Right Now. And then I'm following up with the wisdom book. Now we'll complete the series that's coming up this fall.
But do check out Courage is Calling if you want to sign copy. You can grab that in the Daily Stokes store. I'll link to that in today's show notes.