Here are 22 lessons I that learned from Marcus Aurelius's Book Meditations!
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus was a Roman emperor from 161 to 180 and a Stoic philosopher. He was the last of the rulers known as the Five Good Emperors, and the last emperor of the Pax Romana, an age of relative peace and stability for the Roman Empire.
Here are 22 lessons that I learned from Marcus Aurelius Book Meditations,
1: When you Encounter Unkindness
2. Everything Depends on How You Interpret it
3. Your Mind Should Sit Superior to Your Body and its Sensations
4. Stay Mindful and Take Deliberate Actions
5. Don’t Retreat from the World
6. Your Opinion of Yourself Matters More Than the Opinion of a Stranger
7. Be Open to Correction
8. Cherish the Freedom and Liberty of Everyone
9. Have Some Self Respect
10. Avoid Complaining
11. The Obstacle is the Way
12. Adversity is Part of Nature
13. It’s Through Adversity That We Get Stronger
14. Everything has happened before
15. Stay Practical and Deal with What’s in Front of You
16. Focus on Doing What is Right and be Prepared to Face Resistance
17. Do Your Duty and Despise Cowardice
18. Life is Short and Death Comes to us All, That Means the Time for Action is Now
19. Practice Getting Back on Track
20. Look Beneath to See Things for What They Truly Are
21. Recognize Material Wealth is Neither a Good nor an Evil
22. Express Gratitude
Marcus Aurelius is pretty much my hero. Literally one of the most powerful men EVER, and he spends 20 years of his free time detailing ways to be humble, gentle, kind, mature, peaceful, and selfless.
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