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April   2nd

BE  WARY    OF  WHAT    YOU LET IN

“Drama, combat, terror, numbness,   and subservience—every  day these   things  wipe    out your

sacred  principles, whenever    your    mind    entertains  them    uncritically    or  lets    them    slip    in.”

—MARCUS AURELIUS,   MEDITATIONS,    10.9

ow much harder is it to do the right thing when you’re surrounded by people with low standards?
How much harder is it to be positive and empathetic inside the negativity bubble of television
chatter? How much harder is it to focus on your own issues when you’re distracted with other people’s
drama and conflict?
We’ll inevitably be exposed to these influences at some point, no matter how much we try to avoid
them. But when we are, there is nothing that says we have to allow those influences to penetrate our
minds. We have the ability to put our guard up and decide what we actually allow in. Uninvited guests
might arrive at your home, but you don’t have to ask them to stay for dinner. You don’t have to let them
into your mind.