The ancient Stoics believed in living in harmony with the cosmos. They believed that the world is ordered and rational (a cosmos) and so the wise man lived an ordered and rational life. The pop culture version of this is Mr. Spock.
But the world is not entirely ordered and rational. The world is also crazy, absurd, random, and unpredictable. To live in harmony in the world does not require being cool and detached. Living in harmony with the world requires crying, loving, hugging and laughing.
Sometimes laughter is what the world requires, and not to laugh is to be dead.
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This is not a diary. I am capturing ideas and developing some thoughts. I hope to have three good ideas.
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