[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":74},["ShallowReactive",2],{"stoicism-article-10/12":3},{"path":4,"stem":5,"title":6,"description":7,"meta":8,"body":24},"/stoicism/10/12","stoicism/10/12","Always Love","Meditation for October 12, 2021",{"quotes":9,"last_updated_at":15,"tags":16,"categories":20,"changeFreq":22,"backgroundImage":23},[10],{"quote":11},{"content":12,"author":13,"source":14},"Hecato says, 'I can teach you a love potion made without any drugs, herbs or special spell - if you would be loved, love.","Seneca","Moral Letters, 9.6","2021-10-12T10:30:00",[17,18,19],"stoicism","virtue","kindness",[21,17],"meditation","never","/PmbrgRbDRdy84U1jlCW-NQ.jpg",{"type":25,"value":26,"toc":70},"minimark",[27,31,42,53,64,67],[28,29,30],"p",{},"Powerful yet simple. Love. It is what my God commands of me. To love.",[28,32,33,37,38,41],{},[34,35,36],"strong",{},"Hate"," can be seen so readily in many places in 2020, but ",[34,39,40],{},"LOVE"," has escaped us.",[28,43,44,45,48,49,52],{},"Reading this short meditation shared by Seneca, several times, I reflect on the few words. I am struck by the thought of\nhow much energy we employ to ",[34,46,47],{},"hate",". ",[34,50,51],{},"Love"," on the other hand can be exercised with such little effort. Why is that?",[28,54,55,56,59,60,63],{},"Why do we have the need to ",[57,58,47],"em",{}," those that do not agree with us politically? Why do we show little tolerance to those\nwho are not like us? We spend so much effort ",[57,61,62],{},"hating"," to what end? What do we gain?",[28,65,66],{},"No one persons political beliefs changed through another person's hatred towards them. We learn nothing about our\nneighbors through bigotry. Love though… through love, we can change minds. Love can bring neighbors from\ndifferent backgrounds together in community.",[28,68,69],{},"Love. Love. Love.",{"title":71,"searchDepth":72,"depth":72,"links":73},"",2,[],1793716907141]