[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":59},["ShallowReactive",2],{"stoicism-article-11/26":3},{"path":4,"stem":5,"title":6,"description":7,"meta":8,"body":23},"/stoicism/11/26","stoicism/11/26","The Altar of No Difference","Meditation for November 26, 2021",{"quotes":9,"last_updated_at":15,"tags":16,"categories":19,"changeFreq":21,"backgroundImage":22},[10],{"quote":11},{"content":12,"author":13,"source":14},"We are like many pellets of incense falling on the same altar. Some collapse sooner, others later, but it makes no difference.","Marcus Aurelius","Meditations, 4.15","2021-11-26T08:46:00",[17,18],"stoicism","acceptance",[20,17],"meditation","never","/IMG_5656.jpg",{"type":24,"value":25,"toc":53},"minimark",[26,30,42,45,50],[27,28,29],"p",{},"Marcus Aurelius shares his message that regardless of our wealth, status or natural gifts, we all share the same fate of\ndeath. When we try to compare our lives to those of others, we make acceptance more difficult.",[27,31,32,33,37,38,41],{},"There is a term ",[34,35,36],"em",{},"\"keeping up with the Joneses\"",". When we look at what our friends or neighbors possess, we covet. We\nmight go as far as competing with who has the ",[34,39,40],{},"better stuff",".",[27,43,44],{},"What we don't recognize is the possible cost of yearning. Not the actual price tag of the material items, but the\ncost on our lives and the lives of our family. We lose sight of what we already have and measure our lives based on\nwhat others have.",[46,47,49],"h3",{"id":48},"conclusion","Conclusion",[27,51,52],{},"As we approach Thanksgiving, acceptance gains more significance. When we begin to accept the blessings we have been\ngiven without measuring against others, we can truly be grateful. After all, when we leave this world, we all take with\nus the same amount of material wealth.",{"title":54,"searchDepth":55,"depth":55,"links":56},"",2,[57],{"id":48,"depth":58,"text":49},3,1793716908422]