Dear Friends,
Thank you for reading and listening this week! Below is a short contemplation on living well from Marcus Aurelius, along with links to this week’s meditations and videos.
Until next week, be wise and be well!
📿 On Living Well
This week’s contemplation comes from the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius. In Book III (10-12), Marcus wrote,
Cast from you then all other things, retaining these few. Remember also that every man lives only this present moment, which is a fleeting instant: the rest of time is either spent or quite unknown. Short is the time which each of us has to live, and small the corner of the earth he has to live in. Short is the longest posthumous fame, and this preserved through a succession of poor mortals, soon themselves to die; men who knew not themselves, far less those who died long ago. […]
***Listen to an extended version of this week’s contemplation on The Wisdom School podcast (Apple or Spotify).
Contemplation Questions (Pick one or create your own!):
What does it mean to live in the present moment?
How does one begin to “cast” away the unnecessary things in life?
This Week’s Meditations…
This Week’s Videos…
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Thank you for reading/listening this week; I hope you found something useful.
Until next time, be wise and be well,
J.W.
P.S. Feel free to comment, ask questions, or make suggestions!