A spring day in Rome

Marcus Aurelius was walking down the streets of Ancient Rome long before he was known as an emperor being just a young child just finishing his class he was taught by his former slave became teacher senecas When he left his thoughts of Pythagorean theorem behind he was in the present and couldn’t help but smell  a merchants in his 40s body odor. This made him think back of a time when his mentor who introduced him into stoicism said that you should be such a good person that just like someone who smells good one can’t help but smell what a good person you are. He didn’t have to tell others what a good person he was they would just notice

A lot of people talk about what a good person is or criticize others on what they could do better but really by you being a good person you spread this energy and never have to justify yourself to people that might have had a bad day and make you feel a tiny bit unsure if you are a doing the things a good human does

Just be such a good person people can’t help but smell it.