90. It is training

Utilise the moment.

There is a famous passage from Marcus Aurelius's Meditations, it goes as follows:

“In the gymnastic exercises suppose that a man has torn you with his nails, and by dashing against your head has inflicted a wound.

Well, we neither show any signs of vexation, nor are we offended, nor do we suspect him afterwards as a treacherous fellow.

And yet we are on our guard against him, not however as an enemy, nor yet with suspicion, but we quietly get out of his way.

Something like this let your behavior be in all the other parts of life. Let us overlook many things in those who are like antagonists in the gymnasium. For it is in our power, as I said, to get out of the way, and to have neither suspicion nor hatred”.

You may wonder what that actually all means.

It means don’t fret- this is all learning.

That car that cut you off, that colleague that bad-mouthed you, that argument you had.

All training.

You are understanding how people operate, how they tick, and how they take action.

On the flip side- everyone is doing the same with you.

Are your interactions representative of how you wish to be perceived?