[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":59},["ShallowReactive",2],{"stoicism-article-06/23":3},{"path":4,"stem":5,"title":6,"description":7,"meta":8,"body":23},"/stoicism/06/23","stoicism/06/23","The Long Way Around","Meditation for June 23, 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 could enjoy this very moment all the things you are praying to reach by taking the long way around — if you'd stop depriving yourself of them.","Marcus Aurelius","Meditations, 12.1","2021-06-23T07:00:00",[17,18],"stoicism","problem solving",[20,17],"meditation","never","/IMG_7469.jpg",{"type":24,"value":25,"toc":53},"minimark",[26,30,33,36,41,44,47,50],[27,28,29],"p",{},"What are we ultimately working for? Prosperity? Fame? Prestige?",[27,31,32],{},"The authors point out we would serve ourselves well to ask ... Why do we want what we want and what will we gain from\nit?",[27,34,35],{},"The most common answer is likely we desire autonomy and or happiness and or admiration. Do we need to observe the\nlong-drawn-out route we have chosen? Not as a Stoic.",[37,38,40],"h3",{"id":39},"conclusion","Conclusion",[27,42,43],{},"We have freedom, it is within our choices.",[27,45,46],{},"We can be happy if we embrace happiness.",[27,48,49],{},"We can be respected if we continue to choose wisely.",[27,51,52],{},"The long way around is not necessary if we look at what we want objectively.",{"title":54,"searchDepth":55,"depth":55,"links":56},"",2,[57],{"id":39,"depth":58,"text":40},3,1793896147497]