Monday, July 28, 2003
My reaction to stoicism is admiration, usually followed by the thought, "Well, I'm not needed here right now." Unless there's some problem I can help with, some action. Like the homeless man who asks for a cigarette. He knows I cannot give him a home or clean clothes - that burden he bears stoically. But he also needs a cigarette, & so exposes a vulnerability to me: a craving. & I admire that, also, for we have in a sense guided each other though a dilemma.
