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“How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.”
Marcus Aurelius · Meditations
What it means today

Whatever provoked you is almost never worth the damage your anger does afterward — to the situation, to the other person, and to your own peace. The trigger is small; the fallout is large.

Try this todayWhen anger flares, write down the trigger and the likely cost of acting on it, and compare the two.
Today’s questionIs the cause of my anger worth the cost of my anger?
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