"Consider how quickly all things are dissolved and resolved: the bodies and substances themselves, into the matter and substance of the world: and their memories into the general age and time of the world."
- Marcus Aurelius
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This is a meditation on impermanence. By contemplating the eventual dissolution of everything, including ourselves and our legacies, we can develop a healthy detachment from worldly things and reduce our anxiety about loss.
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