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📿 The Way of Change
This week’s Saturday meditation comes from the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius (121 — 180). Marcus wrote to himself,
We ought to consider not only that our life is daily wasting away and a smaller part of it is left, but another thing also must be taken into the account, that if a man should live longer, it is quite uncertain whether the understanding will still continue sufficient for the comprehension of things, and retain the power of contemplation which strives to acquire the knowledge of the divine and the human.
Marcus believed we should observe how even the things that are produced according to nature contain something pleasing and attractive. “For instance, when bread is baked, some parts are split at the surface, and these parts, which thus open, and have a certain fashion contrary to the purpose of the baker’s art, are beautiful in a manner and in a peculiar way, excite a desire for eating.”
Contemplation Questions (Pick one or create your own!):
How do you think about change in daily life?
In what ways can you embrace and appreciate change?
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