Throw out your misperceptions and you’ll be fine. (And who’s stopping you from throwing them out?)
Meditations, 12:25
1. It’s all about perceptions. That’s what is within my control. Perceptions are opinions, judgments, points of view.
2. How do I know what is a misperception? A misjudgment? That’s the essence of living a good life: knowing when my opinion is off-target. (And then discarding it.)
3. I know one reason why I have misperceptions and don’t discard them. Ego. What I think other people will think. Ego is of greater power some days and less on others. And note that ego is a double-barreled threat: I acquire opinions because of ego, and I hang onto them because of ego.