Something inspirational:

“Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?”

MARCUS AURELIUS

Ilana Estelle is a mental health and wellbeing advocate who combines educational insight with her personal experience of living with physical, mental, and emotional disabilities. She holds diplomas in Counselling, Diet and Nutrition, Nutritional Therapy, Psychotherapy and Counselling, and Stress Management. Through her writing, Ilana supports others in navigating their emotional, mental, and physical health challenges. In addition to writing for The CP Diary, her work has appeared in healthy lifestyle magazines. Ilana is also the author of three books: Cerebral Palsy: A Story – Finding the Calm After the Storm, Spirituality, Healing and Me, and Survival: The Covid Years – Time for Change.

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2 comments on “A quote by Marcus Aurelius”

  1. Great quote. It reminds me of the biblical quote, "He that is without sin, let him cast the first stone" which made the people around Jesus consider their own consciences and they departed.

    Perhaps if we stopped to think more often, we wouldn't hand out criticism so regularly.

    1. People hand out criticism because they know they can and because they know the other person won't always be in a position to defend themselves.

      But it says more about the person throwing out the criticism than it does for the person on the receiving end. It's practically bully tactics and amounts to that person being a bully.

      The only time criticism is warranted is if it is constructive, and then it's important the other person understands that. This quote isn't about anything constructive.

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