MeditationsREADING GUIDE
VIIBOOK VII
Returning to your principles
The same trials return in different forms. Instead of seeking a brilliant new idea, Marcus maintains useful principles: accept reality, act justly and examine what passes through the mind.
A CENTRAL IDEA · ADAPTATION
At every moment, you can welcome what happens, act justly towards others and carefully examine the thought before you.Freely adapted · VII, 54
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BRING IT INTO YOUR LIFE
What situation in your day does this idea illuminate? Take a moment to write down how it changes the way you see things.
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