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Trust your reason, not your impressions; the one is yours, the other is not.
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What it means today

Impressions arrive from outside, unasked. Reason is yours to direct. Trust the part that is yours, and the unasked impressions lose their grip.

Try this todayWhere an impression unsettles you today, turn to your own reason and trust it.
Today’s questionAm I trusting my reason, or my unexamined impressions?
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