Marcus Aurelius: Mediations Book 2:1 The Struggles of Existing With Others.
This passage reads like a dolled up version of a millennial’s apathetic Tumblr account. Like most of Meditations though there’s is a lot to gleam from it with an eye of reflection
A couple of weeks back I wrote a bit about what I called Stoic Journaling. A versatile and concise way to journal daily and get a lot more out of it than a “Dear Diary” or the ever popular bullet journal.
Since then I’ve had several people ask about my daily “Meditations on Meditations” as I call them and suggested I might want to write them up if anything for a running log of how my thinking around it has changed since embarking on it a year or so ago.
What's following is the first entry of Meditations on Meditations (MoM). Altered in part to be more relatable and refined from the ramblings of my journal. Which in part is what Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations also is.
My version of Meditations is the Gregory Hays translation. Although many of them are fantastic in their own right the Hays version is perfect for modern reading.
BOOK 2:1
When you wake up in the morning, tell yourself: The people I…
