260318 What I learned in my studies this morning 6

Today's Meditation:

Meditations, 7.54 (Hicks and Hicks)

Be happy with my lot. Treat people well. Don't allow unexamined thoughts to guide my actions.

That's just three things. 

For that last part, the key is time. Taking a breath. Resting a moment after the stimulus. Giving myself a chance to calm, to examine, to decide, to act rather than react.

It's easy for the elephant to lead me where I do not want to go. Taking a pause to just be for a few seconds, to stop doing and start thinking, I can constrain my mind better, more completely, more subtly, more effectively.