[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":104},["ShallowReactive",2],{"stoicism-article-10/24":3},{"path":4,"stem":5,"title":6,"description":7,"meta":8,"body":24},"/stoicism/10/24","stoicism/10/24","The Fountain of Goodness","Meditation for October 24, 2021",{"quotes":9,"last_updated_at":15,"tags":16,"categories":20,"changeFreq":22,"backgroundImage":23},[10],{"quote":11},{"content":12,"author":13,"source":14},"Dig deep within yourself, for there is a fountain of goodness ever ready to flow if you will keep digging.","Marcus Aurelius","Meditations, 7.59","2021-10-24T09:09:00",[17,18,19],"stoicism","virtue","kindness",[21,17],"meditation","never","/o67Uu1P7R9K6tQk9nd731A.jpg",{"type":25,"value":26,"toc":100},"minimark",[27,46,52,59,73,76,90],[28,29,30,31,35,36,38,39,42,43,45],"p",{},"I have had many blessings in life. It has taken me a long time to see that this is ",[32,33,34],"em",{},"goodness",". For myself, ",[32,37,34],{},"\nwas something that just happened upon you. You either had ",[32,40,41],{},"bad luck"," or ",[32,44,34],{}," in your life.",[28,47,48,49,51],{},"I know there are many out there whom say \"you make your own luck\". I have subscribed to that as well. As a young adult,\nI worked hard, but ",[32,50,41],{}," seemed to follow what ever I did.",[28,53,54,55,58],{},"Later in life, my ",[32,56,57],{},"luck"," changed. Our family was healthy, jobs were solid, home, cars, etc. The year 2020 has definitely\nchanged lives for most, but for me I really began to see the change a few years ago.",[28,60,61,62,64,65,69,70,72],{},"Examining my ",[32,63,41],{},", I realized the bad luck was a consequence of some bad decisions. Those decisions at the time,\nwere based not on what was good for my family or friends or others, but ",[66,67,68],"strong",{},"me",". There was ",[66,71,34],{}," all around me,\nbut I think I was to busy wallowing with my defeats to see all of the goodness.",[28,74,75],{},"What I learned in the last few years.",[77,78,79,83],"ol",{},[80,81,82],"li",{},"Goodness does not always \"happen\". Most times you need to work hard to find goodness, but expect goodness will flow\nfreely once found.",[80,84,85,86,89],{},"Bad luck is not always ",[32,87,88],{},"bad",". The important is to learn from events and be honest as to what allowed the outcome.",[28,91,92,93,95,96,99],{},"While I don't subscribe that it is easy for all people to find ",[32,94,34],{},", as Marcus Aurelius says, \"",[32,97,98],{},"…there is a\nfountain of goodness ever ready to flow if you will keep digging.","\"",{"title":101,"searchDepth":102,"depth":102,"links":103},"",2,[],1793896157125]