Try The Opposite

Try The Opposite

Meditation for June 26, 2021

June 26, 2021 7:00 AM

“What assistance can we find in the fight against habit? Try the opposite!”

- Epictetus, Discourses, 1.27.4

Our lives can be filled with patterns. Those patterns can have a positive or negative net effect on our lives. What if we broke those negative patterns?

If our eating regimen results in us gaining weight, what are some changes we can make to the regimen to create a positive weight loss? We can reflect on the results a week or two later. Were the changes positive? Can we improve further in a healthy manner?

Conclusion

Sometimes we can simply do the opposite to break a habit. Other times that might be extreme, but we can still find ways to break the pattern.