R Memento Mori -

There’s a Latin phrase that has been following me around lately: .

Here is the paradox I’ve discovered:

But I couldn’t shake it. And after sitting with it for a while, I realized that The Stoic Secret The ancient Stoics (and even the Buddhists, in their own way) used this practice not to depress themselves, but to sharpen themselves.

It’s the alarm clock that finally wakes you up to the fact that this is it. This messy, beautiful, chaotic, fleeting moment.

And when you go to sleep, whisper: “If this was my final sunset, did I live it, or just survive it?”

isn’t a threat. It’s a gift.

When you wake up, say to yourself: “I am given this day. It is not owed to me.”