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Give thanks for what is past; it has taught you, and teaching is a kind of gift.
Marcus Aurelius · Meditations · paraphrase
What it means today

Even the hard past has been a teacher. Gratitude for what is past — including its lessons — is what turns memory from a wound into a resource.

Try this todayThank the past for one lesson today, even a painful one.
Today’s questionWhat has the past taught me, that I could thank it for?
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