[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":47},["ShallowReactive",2],{"stoicism-article-03/17":3},{"path":4,"stem":5,"title":6,"description":7,"meta":8,"body":23},"/stoicism/03/17","stoicism/03/17","The Beauty Of Choice","Meditation for March 17, 2021",{"quotes":9,"last_updated_at":15,"tags":16,"categories":19,"changeFreq":21,"backgroundImage":22},[10],{"quote":11},{"content":12,"author":13,"source":14},"You are not your body and hair-style, but your capacity for choosing well. If your choices are beautiful, so too will you be.","Epictetus","Discourses, 3.1.39b-40a","2021-03-17T07:00:00",[17,18],"stoicism","awareness",[20,17],"meditation","never","/IMG_4507.jpg",{"type":24,"value":25,"toc":41},"minimark",[26,30,33,38],[27,28,29],"p",{},"All of these thousands of years and not much has changed. If we only had darker, fuller hair, we will be more\nattractive. If we drive an expensive car, own the most modern iPhone, purchase a large expensive home, we are \"better\"\npeople.",[27,31,32],{},"These are all facades of the real person. The true beauty lies outside any vain obsessions and within virtuous choices.",[34,35,37],"h3",{"id":36},"conclusion","Conclusion",[27,39,40],{},"We need to observe the works, pursuits, and decisions of individuals instead of admiring the facade they choose to\ndisplay to us.",{"title":42,"searchDepth":43,"depth":43,"links":44},"",2,[45],{"id":36,"depth":46,"text":37},3,1793896145080]