Marcus Aurelius: If thou art pained by any external thing, it is not this that disturbs thee…
If thou art pained by any external thing, it is not this that disturbs thee, but thy own judgment about it. And it is in thy power to wipe out this judgment now.
In today’s wordsIf something outside you pains you, it isn't the thing itself that disturbs you but your judgment about it, and you have the power to wipe out that judgment right now.
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- Your mentality determines your functionality.
- If you will shift your 'if', your 'then' will win.
- Whatever can hurt you the worst has the equivalent power to help you the most.
- The formulation of thoughts (seeds) from your past that have been planted in the soil of your spirit (heart) in the present will produce fruit (character) in the future.
- There is no good or bad without us, there is only perception. There is the event itself and the story we tell ourselves about what it means.
- All truly wise thoughts have been thought already thousands of times; but to make them truly ours, we must think them over again honestly, till they take root in our personal experience.