STOICISM
Circumstances Have No Care for Our Feelings
Australian car drivers take note!
“You shouldn’t give circumstances the power to rouse anger, for they don’t care at all.” — Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 7.38
Yesterday, I was watching Australian dashcam videos on Youtube for entertainment. (it wasn’t entertaining — at all. I’m still uncertain how the YT algorithm connected funny Cat videos with Australian dashcam videos, but there ya go.)
Anyway, the #1 response from the Australian drivers, when another driver cuts them off, pulls out in front of them, or any other non-life-threatening behaviour — F***ING IDIOT!! — often followed by a telling off of that driver who can’t even hear them!
After watching the first 3 or 4 of these, I’m thinking — who benefits from this explosion and tirade? Are you a perfect driver?
It got me thinking about how they were giving away so much of their own personal power to the circumstances that couldn’t be changed at that moment.
The other driver made a mistake and was rectifying it the best way they knew how — either by stopping and reversing or continuing forward as quickly as possible. Those are really the only…
