# There is no evil in things changing... Created On: 11-04-2022 08:26 am Type: #note/literature📖 #source/quote Tags: [[Stoicism (MOC)]], [[Change (MOC)]], [[Perception]] --- ## Literature >There is no evil in things changing, just as there is no good in persisting in a new state. > >– [[Marcus Aurelius]] ## Notes * People often conflate change as inherently negative * Often times, it seems as though they have to "reason through change", especially unwanted change, giving us a predilection for perceiving it as negative. * However, we need to recognize that [[Change is incapable of being good or bad on its own]] * It is our [[Perception]] and projection of our desires that lends us to perceive things negative (or positively) * Are Ryan put it: *They just are* * [[Marcus Aurelius]] talks about things hovering before you, unmoving. It is we who generate judgement - give them their meaning... [[To live a good life...]] * Overlap with [[Accepting what is]] and [[Amor Fati (MOC)]] - accept your fate --- ## Reference(s) 1. [[Meditations (Book)]] 4.42 - [[Marcus Aurelius]] 2. Qtd. in [[The Daily Stoic - Book]], p.329 - [[Ryan Holiday]] 1. [[2022-11-04]]'s daily reflection