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A MEDITATION

“ Remember this, that very little is needed to make a happy life.

— Marcus Aurelius

Meditations 7.67

On freedom

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A reflection

Notice how every lifestyle ad tells you the opposite — that you need the car, the kitchen, the vacation, the upgrade. Marcus is saying the operating cost of a good life is nearly zero; it's the luxury tax on imagined needs that bankrupts people. Subtract instead of adding, and see how much happiness was already there.

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