My hunch is that she is as close to being contented as any writer can be.
Another minister Andrew Robathan, who also opposed civil partnerships, said, "I have come round to civil partnerships because it has made a lot of people contented and I am quite keen on people being contented".
But far from being contented, he's just "a jolly green joke", and not all that jolly if his boorish behaviour at his daughter's birthday party is anything to go by.
According to Hadot, these appear in Marcus as the rules of (i) being contented with whatever happens, (ii) conducting oneself justly towards others, and (iii) exercising discernment in one's judgments (35 36).[2] Attention to the genre of Marcus' Meditations can help the philosophical reader.
I went from being a cranky curmudgeon to being contented, playful, and at least somewhat hopeful about my life.
Whether through mentoring, philanthropy or teaching, an important step toward being contented is giving and sharing with others.
