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That which happens to every man is like a stone thrown up in the air; it falls back to the earth, and this is not a fault of the stone.
Marcus Aurelius · Meditations · paraphrase
What it means today

Events follow their nature, as a stone falls. There is no blame in the stone, and none in the event. The fault we add — the story, the resentment — is ours.

Try this todayWhen something unwanted happens today, see it as a stone falling, not a blow aimed at you.
Today’s questionWhat am I blaming, that is just the nature of things?
#nature#events#acceptance
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