Wisdom for Life | Marcus Aurelius Meditations Quotes on Acceptance @wisdom-for-life | Uploaded August 2018 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius - summary and quotes:
wisdom-for-life.com/meditations-by-marcus-aurelius-life-lessons
Stoicism 101 - youtu.be/T6eGT0s4-Oo
Purpose and values - youtu.be/Swp3yAjVTdA
Simplicity - youtu.be/hQNaGNz1FSA
Dealing with others - youtu.be/U0BrC4wfZqE
Opinions of others - youtu.be/dZcxRrlbHPo
Acceptance of situation - It's not the event that causes you suffering.. it's your reaction to it - and I will illustrate this quickly.. Let's say you're driving down the road and you get a flat tire.. You have two types of people - one will change the tire, and move on. The other will whine and complain and fight the reality of the situation for 15 minutes..they will blame the road or someone else or their bad luck.. and then they will change the tire. You see, fighting reality did nothing. Complaining solves nothing. You can either change it, leave the situation if possible, or accept it.
Analyze the emotion, try and understand why you are feeling that way, what event led you to think the way you are thinking? Try and see that it's your thinking that caused it. Is it warranted? Is it worth the time and energy?
There is nothing wrong with being emotional when it is warranted, but most of the time we create unnecessary drama.
Your mind creates an illusion... if you interpret what someone says to you the wrong way, your mind creates the back story and the sense of being irritated or angry. If you can't analyze, then the next best thing to do is to accept the feeling.. let it be there without fighting it. Without resisting it.
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius - summary and quotes:
wisdom-for-life.com/meditations-by-marcus-aurelius-life-lessons
Stoicism 101 - youtu.be/T6eGT0s4-Oo
Purpose and values - youtu.be/Swp3yAjVTdA
Simplicity - youtu.be/hQNaGNz1FSA
Dealing with others - youtu.be/U0BrC4wfZqE
Opinions of others - youtu.be/dZcxRrlbHPo
Acceptance of situation - It's not the event that causes you suffering.. it's your reaction to it - and I will illustrate this quickly.. Let's say you're driving down the road and you get a flat tire.. You have two types of people - one will change the tire, and move on. The other will whine and complain and fight the reality of the situation for 15 minutes..they will blame the road or someone else or their bad luck.. and then they will change the tire. You see, fighting reality did nothing. Complaining solves nothing. You can either change it, leave the situation if possible, or accept it.
Analyze the emotion, try and understand why you are feeling that way, what event led you to think the way you are thinking? Try and see that it's your thinking that caused it. Is it warranted? Is it worth the time and energy?
There is nothing wrong with being emotional when it is warranted, but most of the time we create unnecessary drama.
Your mind creates an illusion... if you interpret what someone says to you the wrong way, your mind creates the back story and the sense of being irritated or angry. If you can't analyze, then the next best thing to do is to accept the feeling.. let it be there without fighting it. Without resisting it.
