[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":52},["ShallowReactive",2],{"stoicism-article-08/16":3},{"path":4,"stem":5,"title":6,"description":7,"meta":8,"body":23},"/stoicism/08/16","stoicism/08/16","Anything Can Be An Advantage","Meditation for August 16, 2021",{"quotes":9,"last_updated_at":15,"tags":16,"categories":19,"changeFreq":21,"backgroundImage":22},[10],{"quote":11},{"content":12,"author":13,"source":14},"Just as the nature of rational things has given to each person their rational powers, so it also gives us this power — just as nature turns to its own purpose any obstacle or any opposition, sets its place in the destined order, and co-opts it, so every rational person can convert any obstacle into the raw material for their own purpose.","Marcus Aurelius","Meditations, 8.35","2021-08-16T07:00:00",[17,18],"stoicism","pragmatism",[20,17],"meditation","never","/IMG_8074.jpg",{"type":24,"value":25,"toc":46},"minimark",[26,35,38,43],[27,28,29,30,34],"p",{},"A repeating theme in Stoicism is to find the opportunities within our problems. How do we find a way to use the ",[31,32,33],"em",{},"lemons","\nthat life throws at us?",[27,36,37],{},"When we encounter obstacles in life, we have a few choices. Many choose to give up at this point. Others may set out\nwith a new plan. A Stoic would be resourceful and find an advantage within the obstacle.",[39,40,42],"h3",{"id":41},"conclusion","Conclusion",[27,44,45],{},"Part of Stoicism is finding ourselves. Using our strengths is easy, but using weakness to our advantage requires\nresourcefulness.",{"title":47,"searchDepth":48,"depth":48,"links":49},"",2,[50],{"id":41,"depth":51,"text":42},3,1793716901947]