...and the memory of everything is rapidly buried in eternity - Marcus Aurelius Give yourself five stars for everything. Just today. Regardless of what else took place, if you were today wise enough to take a while to meditate, a while to walk or run, a while to read, a while to sit in the [...]
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Meditate on your pain
"You don't love yourself enough. Or you'd love your nature too, and what it demands of you. People who love what they do wear themselves down doing it, they even forget to wash or eat. Do you have less respect for your own nature than the engraver does for engraving, the dancer for the dance, [...]
Weapons of Reason – you got them!
Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present. - Marcus Aurelius If you were not born yesterday, you have already been in a pickle, gone around the block once or twice, been bullied by someone, gotten [...]
We are all in this together
Every virtue is difficult in its own way. One that is often overlooked is kindness/justice. It seems easy enough; just treat everyone fairly and be nice, right? But when you think you do that, do you really? Do you put the best interest of your family, community and the common humanity before all else? Do [...]
No matter how hard you try
Remember that all must end one day. Your worry does not hold planes in the air and it does not keep your loved ones from getting sick, it does not change the economic realities for better job-security, no matter how hard you try. No matter what amount of anxious energy you put in to it, or how tight [...]
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