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Life is short; make the most of what is small.
Marcus Aurelius · Meditations · paraphrase
What it means today

Because life is brief, the small things — a morning, a conversation, a single task done well — carry more weight, not less. Attend to the small, and the brief becomes full.

Try this todayMake the most of one small thing today, because life is short.
Today’s questionAm I overlooking the small, when the small is all I have?
#brevity#small#attention
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