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Be satisfied with the smallest effort that your nature allows, and do not strain after more than is needful.
Marcus Aurelius · Meditations · paraphrase
What it means today

Effort is to be spent where it is needed, not everywhere. Over-straining against what cannot be forced is waste. Do what your nature allows, and be content with that.

Try this todayNotice one place today where you are over-straining, and ease off to what is needful.
Today’s questionWhere am I straining past what is needful?
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