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Name the Event Before the Story

Marcus Aurelius treats an event and your judgment as separate things.

The event arrives first. Then the mind adds a story about what it means.

A delayed train is 1 fact; deciding it has ruined the whole day is an extra conclusion that shapes the next choice.

That distinction does not control the delay, but it protects the decision about how to use the waiting time.

Name the bare event before the interpretation hardens. Some of the trouble may be happening in the story, not the station.

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