Understand at last that you have something in you more powerful and divine than what causes the bodily passions and pulls you like a mere puppet.
Read MoreWhat we control and what we don't control
We control our opinion, choice, desire, aversion, and, in a word, everything of our own doing. We don’t control our body, property, reputation, position, and, in a word, everything not of our own doing.
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Don't waste your time looking back
Don't waste your time looking back, you're not going that way.
- Ragnar Lothbrok
I started watching Vikings only last year and went through it like a maniac. In one of the episodes I was struck by this simple line that Ragnar speaks. The writers managed to take a well known verse and make it new and fresh and feel like something Ragnar would say. Either way, meditate on this one as you prepare for the next week.
The big three
“All you need are these: certainty of judgment in the present moment; action for the common good in the present moment; and an attitude of gratitude in the present moment for anything that comes your way.”
-MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS , 9.6
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