{"id":21386,"date":"2018-04-30T16:20:14","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T08:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/?p=21386"},"modified":"2021-06-22T14:31:34","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T06:31:34","slug":"vexation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2018\/04\/vexation\/","title":{"rendered":"Vexation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21387 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/stoic2.jpg?resize=714%2C719&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"714\" height=\"719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/stoic2.jpg?w=714&amp;ssl=1 714w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/stoic2.jpg?resize=96%2C96&amp;ssl=1 96w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/stoic2.jpg?resize=298%2C300&amp;ssl=1 298w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/stoic2.jpg?resize=38%2C38&amp;ssl=1 38w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/stoic2.jpg?resize=186%2C186&amp;ssl=1 186w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/stoic2.jpg?resize=184%2C184&amp;ssl=1 184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>From &#8216;Meditations&#8217;, Book IV. 49 (Marcus Aurelius):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Be like the rock that the waves beat against but do not vanquish. I am unhappy because this has happened to me? No, I am happy, even though this has happened to me. I go on, unvanquished and free from fear. This could have happened to anyone, but not everyone can carry on, free from vexation.<\/p>\n<p>What makes this a misfortune rather than good fortune? Isn\u2019t it a misfortune to act against our nature? Isn\u2019t it contrary to nature&nbsp;<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">to deviate from my own nature? I know what nature wills. Is this misfortune going to keep me from being giving, centered, careful, focused? Will it prevent me from being modest, free, and everything else I do in accordance with nature?<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_show\">\n<p>Remember to apply this principle every time you are vexed: this is not a misfortune; to bear this nobly is good fortune.&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From &#8216;Meditations&#8217;, Book IV. 49 (Marcus Aurelius): &#8216;Be like the rock that the waves beat against but do not vanquish&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[176],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","wpcat-176-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21386\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}