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A MEDITATION

“ Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current.

— Marcus Aurelius

Meditations 4.43

On mortality

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A reflection

Time carries things off faster than we track. The person you were five years ago is already downstream; the one you are now is next. Don't try to dam the river — choose where to stand in it.

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