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A MEDITATION

“ Be like the cliff against which the waves continually break; it stands firm and the raging of the sea falls still around it.

— Marcus Aurelius

Meditations 4.49

On adversity

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A reflection

The waves don't apologize; the cliff doesn't respond. Most disturbance ends when it hits something that doesn't react. Be the unreactive thing. It's not passivity — it's structural stability.

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