It was not the first thought to appear twice in my mind, but it is one that I try to remind myself of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Do not do unto yourself what you would not have others do unto you.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n In particular, I try to remember it when I am tired, but fail to go to bed, imagining that a lack of sleep is rarely of significant harm. Also, when eating well past satiety. What, would be my response if someone else were to insist, or even suggest, I stay up late when I am tired, or eat more when I am no longer hungry? I can almost guarantee that I would think him foolish and annoying. For me, a critical aspect is where I perceive the locus of control. While I feel I have control, I permit myself leeway, sometimes to my detriment. If someone else appears to seek, or presume, control I often fight the suggestion, even if it might be beneficial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is pretty much equivalent to people saying, “Sometimes, I’m my own worst enemy.” That can go for playing music too loudly<\/a>, as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It was not the first thought to appear twice in my mind, but it is one that I try to remind myself of. Do not do unto yourself what you would not have others do unto you. In particular, I try to remember it when I am tired, but fail to go to bed, imagining… Continue reading A Silver Rule<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/halfanidea.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/halfanidea.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/halfanidea.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halfanidea.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halfanidea.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/halfanidea.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94,"href":"https:\/\/halfanidea.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23\/revisions\/94"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/halfanidea.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halfanidea.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halfanidea.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}