260101 What I learned in my studies this morning 6

Today's Meditation(s):

Meditations, 4.8 (Hicks and Hicks)

What a timely reminder of first principles.

If it doesn't touch my inner self, if there's no connection to virtue and morality, then it is incidental, accidental; perhaps worth accounting for in my life, but not at the cost of my virtue.

Stay true to my reason and follow Nature. Thus will I know what (general) moral path to take to achieve my (by best chance at) desired results while ensuring I remain true to (my pursuit of) virtue.

If it takes me off my path, that is the only true harm.

Whether I achieve that path, is another matter. It is enough that I know how to do the best I can with what I have, where I am. My struggle is generally one of performance, not perception: I see the right path, but do not choose it.