Life with Two, Vol. 2

Little Boy yesterday morning before I go off to work: "I don't want you to go to work."

Little Boy yesterday afternoon at around 3:30, calling me on the phone: "when are you coming home?"

thanks a lot, kid. way to encourage the old man.

from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

On stoic moral philosophy:

The virtuous life is free of all passions, which are intrinsically disturbing and harmful to the soul, but includes appropriate emotive responses conditioned by rational understanding and the fulfillment of all one's personal, social, professional, and civic responsibilities. The Stoics believed that the person who has achieved perfect consistency in the operation of his rational faculties, the "wise man," is extremely rare, yet serves as a prescriptive ideal for all. The Stoics believed that progress toward this noble goal is both possible and vitally urgent.

sometimes you find yourself off the map,

and that's when you have to walk without comfort, without rest, with only conscience or honor to guide.