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A MEDITATION

“ Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.

— Marcus Aurelius

Meditations 4.7

On control

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A reflection

The injury is largely the story you tell about the injury. Put down the narrative — 'I was wronged, they disrespected me' — and the sting often evaporates with it. The hurt is renting a room in your head; you signed the lease.

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