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and this too shall pass in 1859 before he was president before he suffered through the heroin train ride to Washington on his way to office where many thought he would be killed before you arrived before the union tour itself to pieces and hundreds of thousands of people died in the Civil War Abraham Lincoln gave a speech at the Wisconsin State Fair. The subject of the speech was supposed to be agriculture, but Lincoln decided to go a little deeper he told the story.
Three of an Eastern King who asked his wisest philosophers to provide him a sentence. That would not just be true in each and every situation but always be worth hearing. They presented him the words Lincoln said and this too shall pass away how much it expresses how chastening in the hour of Pride how consoling in the depths of Affliction Lincoln said and this too shall pass away did Lincoln know that this story was a core teachings.
in Buddhist philosophy did he know the incredible triumphs and fiery trials that lay ahead could he have been more been enough to sense that it applied to his brief existence on this planet that he had less than six years left to live with which to do his work before he too would pass away Marcus Aurelius certainly understood this writing that we must keep in mind how fast things passed by and are gone those that are now and those to come the events of the world good and
Add beautiful and tragic were terrifying flow past has quickly. None of them are stable each of them disappears with do time into the rush of the water and is never seen again. It would take an idiot Marcus wrote to feel distress or arrogance or anger. Just wait a second. He said whether you're being elevated to the highest office in the land or sucked into the awful Carnage of a war or locking yourself indoors during a pandemic this too shall pass.
Pass, it will be taken care of soon
enough like me a lot of you work from home. And I think one of the dangers of working from home is burnout because suddenly you're in charge of your own schedule. And if you're a hard-working disciplined person as the stoics tell us to be sometimes you don't give yourself the brakes that you need to but you have to remember Seneca says the Mind must be given to relaxation. It will rise improved and sharper after a good break. I'm really excited to announce the Epic Provisions who makes great.
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