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Look at things twice: once as they appear, and once as they are.
Marcus Aurelius · Meditations · paraphrase
What it means today

The first look is appearance; the second is truth. Most people never take the second look, and so they live among appearances. The examined life is the second look.

Try this todayTake a second look at one thing today, past its first appearance.
Today’s questionWhere have I settled for the first look?
#perception#truth#examination
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