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Let your every action be deliberate, as if it were the last of your life.
Marcus Aurelius · Meditations · paraphrase
What it means today

Deliberation is the mark of a life that knows it is finite. Act with the care you would bring if there were no second chance — because, in the present, there is not.

Try this todayDo one thing today with the full deliberation of a final act.
Today’s questionWould I do this the same way, if it were my last?
#deliberation#death#care
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