[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":58},["ShallowReactive",2],{"stoicism-article-11/22":3},{"path":4,"stem":5,"title":6,"description":7,"meta":8,"body":23},"/stoicism/11/22","stoicism/11/22","The Glass Is Already Broken","Meditation for November 22, 2021",{"quotes":9,"last_updated_at":15,"tags":16,"categories":19,"changeFreq":21,"backgroundImage":22},[10],{"quote":11},{"content":12,"author":13,"source":14},"Fortune falls heavily on those for whom she’s unexpected. The one always on the lookout easily endures.","Seneca","On Consolation To Helvia, 5.3","2021-11-22T11:02:00",[17,18],"stoicism","acceptance",[20,17],"meditation","never","/IMG_5609.jpg",{"type":24,"value":25,"toc":52},"minimark",[26,30,41,44,49],[27,28,29],"p",{},"Having read today's message, you might be struck thinking ones best bet is to live life as a pessimist. After all, if\nyou always expect the worse, you are less likely to be taken aback when it happens. That is not the real message.",[27,31,32,35,36,40],{},[33,34],"daily-stoic",{}," authors provide the example of a Zen master who repeats to himself that his ",[37,38,39],"em",{},"prized"," glass cup \"…is\nalready broken\". He uses the cup and shares it with visitors, but in his thoughts, the glass has already been broken.\nWhen the glass actually breaks, he simply says, \"Of course\".",[27,42,43],{},"This is not a lesson on how to be a pessimist, but instead a lesson on how we have choices.",[45,46,48],"h3",{"id":47},"conclusion","Conclusion",[27,50,51],{},"In reality, we don't need to be pessimistic, but rather consider not everything is within our control. Instead of\nexpecting the worse around the corner, we should remember that we have a choice about how we react when something bad\nhappens.",{"title":53,"searchDepth":54,"depth":54,"links":55},"",2,[56],{"id":47,"depth":57,"text":48},3,1793716908316]