“Mere things, brute facts should not provoke your rage: They have no mind to care.”
A quote of Marcus Aurelius that couldn´t be more true. I think everyone of us knows the feeling when you get angry at someone or something for no apparent reason. But these moments are not worth our anger for they have no mind to care. Thus, I repeat to myself in such situations. To me, this quote serves as a reminder that not everything in life should be taken to serious or given to much thought.
In desperate moments I tend to come back to his book “Meditations”, which helps me regain focus and lets me see how silly some of my worries really are. The sayings collected in the book are applicable to every situation in life and serve me as some sort of guidelines. Personally, I think it is beneficial for everbody to take a glimpse in Meditations: https://amzn.to/4cOZ6B1
As he once said: If you cannot see the way, hold back and consult your best advisers. Marcus Aurelius is one of mine.
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