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The Daily Stoic - Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
Day 3
October 15th - Give People the Benefit of the Doubt.
"Everything turns on your assumptions about it, and that's on you. You can pluck out the hasty judgement at will, and like steering a ship around the point, you will find calm seas, fair weather and a safe port."
-Marcus Aurelius - Meditations 12.22
This one has been adopted by many writers of "how to life" type books, one that comes to mind is Don Miguel Ruiz, who wrote 'The Four Agreements" and "The Fifth Agreement", both of which I enjoyed.
An Excerpt from The Daily Stoic on this page;
"Even a dog... distinguishes between being stumbled over and being kicked.'
Initial reactions are rarely easily stifled, a yelp of pain from the dog, but the calm voice reassures them quickly, a person's reaction might be to assume malice, though not always the case.
From "The Four Agreements";
"If we don’t make assumptions, we can focus our attention on the truth, not on what we think is the truth."
Letting yourself be free from assumption can relieve an overthinker from her cell. Your energy is best used to understand, research, discover. Not to assume a situation/person.
Day 3
October 15th - Give People the Benefit of the Doubt.
"Everything turns on your assumptions about it, and that's on you. You can pluck out the hasty judgement at will, and like steering a ship around the point, you will find calm seas, fair weather and a safe port."
-Marcus Aurelius - Meditations 12.22
This one has been adopted by many writers of "how to life" type books, one that comes to mind is Don Miguel Ruiz, who wrote 'The Four Agreements" and "The Fifth Agreement", both of which I enjoyed.
An Excerpt from The Daily Stoic on this page;
"Even a dog... distinguishes between being stumbled over and being kicked.'
Initial reactions are rarely easily stifled, a yelp of pain from the dog, but the calm voice reassures them quickly, a person's reaction might be to assume malice, though not always the case.
From "The Four Agreements";
"If we don’t make assumptions, we can focus our attention on the truth, not on what we think is the truth."
Letting yourself be free from assumption can relieve an overthinker from her cell. Your energy is best used to understand, research, discover. Not to assume a situation/person.