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Have respect for the part of yourself that is able to form an opinion and govern the rest.
Marcus Aurelius · Meditations · paraphrase
What it means today

Inside you is the part that decides. The rest of you — appetite, mood, habit — is what that part governs. Treat the deciding self with the reverence it deserves; it is your real self.

Try this todayPause before one decision today and acknowledge the part of you that gets to choose.
Today’s questionAm I respecting the part of me that decides, or letting the rest run the show?
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