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A MEDITATION

“ As for life, it is a battle and a sojourning in a strange land; but the fame that comes after is oblivion.

— Marcus Aurelius

Meditations 2.17

On adversity

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A reflection

Life is a tour of duty in someone else's country, with a hard end date and a short memory on the other side. Knowing this isn't depressing — it's clarifying. What you fight for now has to be worth it on its own terms, not for the applause that won't come.

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