[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":53},["ShallowReactive",2],{"stoicism-article-02/09":3},{"path":4,"stem":5,"title":6,"description":7,"meta":8,"body":24},"/stoicism/02/09","stoicism/02/09","You Don't Have To Have An Opinion","Meditation for February 9, 2021",{"quotes":9,"last_updated_at":15,"tags":16,"categories":20,"changeFreq":22,"backgroundImage":23},[10],{"quote":11},{"content":12,"author":13,"source":14},"We have the power to hold no opinion about a thing and to not let it upset our state of mind — for things have no natural power to shape our judgments.","Marcus Aurelius","Meditations, 6.52","2021-02-09T07:00:00",[17,18,19],"stoicism","passions","emotions",[21,17],"meditation","never","/IMG_3189.jpg",{"type":25,"value":26,"toc":47},"minimark",[27,31,34,39],[28,29,30],"p",{},"This lesson would have served many of us well in 2020 and the election. Volleying of differing opinions, back and forth.\nBlood would boil before the morning coffee was finished.",[28,32,33],{},"Marcus Aurelius reminds us to not let opinions upset our state of mind. We don't have to hate or like any candidate. We\ndon't have to support or obstruct a political party. We don't have to have an opinion.",[35,36,38],"h3",{"id":37},"conclusion","Conclusion",[28,40,41,42,46],{},"Going about life without an opinion will be difficult for someone who has had an opinion about ",[43,44,45],"strong",{},"everything"," for almost\nhalf a century. How gratifying to not have to have a thought towards a subject. No effort. No argument. How powerful to\nlet a topic become trivial.",{"title":48,"searchDepth":49,"depth":49,"links":50},"",2,[51],{"id":37,"depth":52,"text":38},3,1793716905304]