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Death, like birth, is a mystery of nature; do not add to it the further mystery of fear.

Marcus Aurelius · Meditations · paraphrase

What it means today

Death is already unknown; fear makes it worse without making it clearer. The honest response to the mystery is not terror but acceptance, as with any other part of nature.

Try this todayWhen death comes to mind today, meet the mystery with acceptance instead of dread.

Today’s questionAm I adding fear to a mystery I already cannot solve?

#death #nature #mystery

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