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Nothing new happens; all is the same round, and the same things happen again.
Marcus Aurelius · Meditations · paraphrase
What it means today

Most of what surprises and distresses you has happened before, in some form, to someone. The round is old. This is not discouragement; it is the comfort of the familiar.

Try this todayWhen something "new" distresses you, remember the round is old and it has been weathered before.
Today’s questionWhat am I treating as unprecedented, that is really the old round?
#familiarity#repetition#calm
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