marcus aurelius

a roman emperor and philosopher once said,
“a person’s worth is measured by what they devote themselves to.”

first, a bit of motivation:
“if something external upsets you, the pain doesn’t come from the thing itself, it comes from the value you’ve placed on it. and you have the power to change that value at any moment.”

meditations completely captivated me. every sentence in that book feels like it could be a book of its own.

for example:

"death and life, fame and disgrace, pain and pleasure, wealth and poverty come to both good people and bad. none of these things are inherently beautiful or ugly, and therefore they are neither good nor bad in themselves."