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We should live as if we were to die tonight, and learn as if we were to live forever.
Seneca · Letters from a Stoic · paraphrase
What it means today

Two stances held together: the urgency of mortality and the patience of eternity. Live now as if it were the last hour, and keep learning as if there were no end to the time you have.

Try this todayLive one hour with the urgency of tonight, and one hour with the patience of forever.
Today’s questionWhich of these two am I forgetting — the urgency, or the patience?
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