How long can you afford to put off who you really want to be? Your better self cannot wait any longer.
– Epictetus
What are you waiting to do? Stop waiting. Start small. Start now.
Tag: philosophy
Be Present
And remember that no one lives more than this infinitesimal point of time, the present; the rest of his days are either lived out or hidden from him.
– Marcus Aurelius
Do you spend your present in your past? In your future? Enjoy and smile at glimpses of your past and future but be sure to stare at the present most frequently. Be when and where you actually are.
Loss
Loss is nothing else than change.
– Marcus Aurelius
All is loss. All is opportunity. All is change. Failure and success both involve choice and the crafting of a perspective.
Awareness
Man is nothing other than his own project. He exists only to the extent that he realizes himself, therefore he is nothing more than the sum of his actions, nothing more than his life.
-Jean-Paul Sartre
What is the final sum of your actions this week? Who did you become? Awareness of actions, especially habits, is key.
Gratitude
The fool’s life is empty of gratitude and full of fears; its course lies wholly toward the future.
-Seneca
How often are you consciously grateful? Gratitude is much less fragile than desire, and the present is more stable than the future. Act now, inspired by gratitude.
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