A LIFE entangled with fortune resembles a wintry torrent; for it is turbulent, and muddy, and difficult to pass, and violent, and noisy, and of shorter continuance.
A soul conversant with virtue resembles a perpetual fountain; for it is clear, and gentle, and potable, and sweet, and communicative, and rich, and harmless, and innocent.
EPICTETUS. FRAGMENTS. 1.
THOU must be like a promontory of the sea, against which though the waves bear continually, yet it both itself stands, and about it are those swelling waves stilled and quieted.
MARCUS AURELIUS. MEDITATIONS. Book iv. 40.
UNSPOTTED by pleasure, undaunted by pain; free from any manner of wrong, or contumely, by himself offered unto himself: not capable of any evil from others: a wrestler of the best sort, and for the highest prize.
MARCUS AURELIUS. MEDITATIONS. Book iii. 4.
Let me be an oasis of peace in the tumult of life's storms. Let me be this to myself as well as to others.
ReplyDeleteWhen you merely reflect the temperment of those around you, the storms of life are increased for all, adding strife to strife. Instead choose to be the seawall, calming the rough waves of life, and bringing peace to those around you. - Inspired by Marcus Aurelius
ReplyDeleteTo be a place of calm in a turbulent sea, to be the oasis of peace that others can rest in. This is what I wish to be for others. I also need to be this for myself, a harder task but not unreachable.
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