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A MEDITATION

“ If you are pained by external things, it is not they that disturb you, but your own judgment of them.

— Marcus Aurelius

Meditations 8.47

On adversity

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A reflection

The traffic, the rude reply, the weather — these things can't reach your mood directly; they have to pass through your judgment. Most of what ruins your day is the judgment, not the event. You hold the veto.

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