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Do not waste the life you have, for it is not a rehearsal; it is the only performance you will give.

Marcus Aurelius · Meditations · paraphrase

What it means today

There is no dress rehearsal, no second run. This day, this life, is the show. The Stoic reminder of mortality is really a reminder to actually live the life you have.

Try this todayLive today as if it were the performance, not the practice.

Today’s questionAm I treating my life as a rehearsal for a life I will later live?

#living #performance #mortality

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