293 - Perception is Reality

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293 - Perception is Reality

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Mar 27, 2024

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Are you aware of how your perspective influences how you see reality? Today I want to talk about how the Stoics teach us that our perspective shapes our reality.

“We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.
— Anias Nin

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Mar 27, 2024

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