It’s All Ephemeral

Marcus Aurelius wrote to himself a simple and effective reminder to help him regain perspective and stay balanced.

“Run down the list of those who felt intense anger at something: the most famous, the most unfortunate, the most hated, the most whatever: Where is all that now? Smoke, dust, legend…or not even a legend. Think of all the examples. And how trivial the things we want so passionately are.” -Marcus Aurelius