Daily Stoic: Protect Your Piece of Mind

 Good Meditation

Keep constant guard over your perceptions, for it is no small thing you are protecting, but your respect, trustworthiness and steadiness, peace of mind, freedom from pain and fear, in a word your freedom. For what would you sell these things?

Epictetus

This might become easier to grasp if you think of what you lose when you allow perceived slights or other's attitude to rule you.

In fact, I can sum up the problem if you are ruled by your emotions with a simple example.

Don't let momentary issues overtake your sense of peace.