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Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.
Marcus Aurelius · Meditations · paraphrase
What it means today

What other people say is filtered through their own judgment, not delivered as truth. The same applies to your own first reactions. Hold all of it lightly rather than treating every impression as fact.

Try this todayWhen you hear a strong opinion today, remind yourself it is a perspective, and name what might lie behind it.
Today’s questionAm I mistaking an opinion or a perspective for the truth?
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