[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":62},["ShallowReactive",2],{"stoicism-article-10/15":3},{"path":4,"stem":5,"title":6,"description":7,"meta":8,"body":24},"/stoicism/10/15","stoicism/10/15","Give People The Benefit Of The Doubt","Meditation for October 15, 2021",{"quotes":9,"last_updated_at":15,"tags":16,"categories":20,"changeFreq":22,"backgroundImage":23},[10],{"quote":11},{"content":12,"author":13,"source":14},"Everything turns on your assumptions about it, and that’s on you. You can pluck out the hasty judgment at will, and like steering a ship around the point, you will find calm seas, fair weather and a safe port.","Marcus Aurelius","Meditations, 12.22","2021-10-15T20:39:00",[17,18,19],"stoicism","virtue","kindness",[21,17],"meditation","never","/5AAVNYHmS6mmbvcboPKFfg.jpg",{"type":25,"value":26,"toc":58},"minimark",[27,31,34,37,40,43,46],[28,29,30],"p",{},"\"It is what it is\"",[28,32,33],{},"My wife likes to use that saying often and even has a nice metal sign with the saying hanging on the wall. It is a\nslogan that I found myself repeating. That was until about a month ago.",[28,35,36],{},"I am making my own mantra based on my wife's statement.",[28,38,39],{},"\"It is what you make of it\"",[28,41,42],{},"That is what Marcus Aurelius reminds me of in today's reading. I have the power to determine how an event will affect me.",[28,44,45],{},"I am still learning to wait before I judge. Too often, ignorance or pride reaches the verdict first, and I follow it\ninto the dark. What I do after is still mine to answer for.",[28,47,48,49,53,54,57],{},"The good news is that I have learned that I can ",[50,51,52],"em",{},"find calm seas"," when I am slow to react. Be patient. Observe. Measure\nmy reaction. That is how you find the ",[50,55,56],{},"fair weather and a safe port",".",{"title":59,"searchDepth":60,"depth":60,"links":61},"",2,[],1793716907188]