Instead of denying—or worse, fearing—our mortality, we can embrace it. Reminding ourselves each day that we will die helps us treat our time as a gift.

relentless drive to improve himself through action and practice.

Because all we need to do is those three little duties—to try hard, to be honest, and to help others and ourselves. That’s all that’s been asked of us. No more and no less.

He was able to do this because he was free. He was free where it mattered: inside.

Where the head goes, the body follows. Perception precedes action. Right action follows the right perspective.

loving whatever happens to us and facing it with unfailing cheerfulness.

In the year 170, at night in his tent on the front lines of the war in Germania, Marcus Aurelius, the emperor of the Roman Empire, sat down to write. Or perhaps it was before dawn at the palace in Rome. Or he stole a few seconds to himself during the games, ignoring the carnage on the floor of the Colosseum below. The exact location is not importan

How skilled we are at cataloging what holds us back!

Take your time, don’t rush. Some