I was in downtown Castle Rock today checking out the July 4th festivities. A young woman was wearing a flag as a cape that had Trump/Vance printed on it, in large letters. Her T-shirt said something about “libtards” above a large scary-looking angel of death figure.
Is she happy? What are the colors of her thoughts? I can’t imagine that thinking about “libtards” is helping her in meaningful ways, but who am I to judge her life and its challenges?
What I do know is this: I have agency and control over the quality of my thoughts and their impact on my life. I know my negative thoughts get in the way of what I can be.
What I want to be is this: honest and good, a man of character and self-control, like Marcus’s grandfather Verus from 1.1.