TITLE: A Reminder from Marcus Aurelius
AUTHOR: Eugene Wallingford
DATE: January 29, 2015  4:27 PM
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... from Book 6 of <EM>The Meditations</EM>, courtesy of
<A HREF="https://twitter.com/George_Berridge/status/558633283811287040">
   George Berridge</A>:

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 You are not compelled to form any opinion about this
 matter before you, nor to disturb your piece of mind
 at all.  Things in themselves have no power to extort
 a verdict from you.
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This seems especially sound advice in this era, full of devices
that enable other people to bombard our minds with matters they
find Very Important Indeed.  Maintain your piece of mind until
you encounter a thing that your own mind knows to be important.
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