Video link: Marcus Aurelius Meditations: The Stoic Ideal
This is my favorite lecture on the life of Marcus Aurelius.
I think I’ve watched it at least 2-3 times..It’s highly inspiring.
It’s also a very interesting look into the psychology and life of a man who was at the time, probably the most powerful man in the world.
It’s often difficult for people to relate with the difficulties that people in such positions experience. And not only that, we often deduce that because of our own failings and the failing of others. That the majority of, or worse, that all people are not of such a pure, and resilient nature.
But these people do and have existed. And there’s many examples.
And their stories should inspire us to see and believe in what we can be. And to believe in others as well.
In particular this is why I never really resonated with the saying.
“Well, I’m only human”.
As if that is a limitation. When often it’s just used as an excuse not to aspire to be more than what one thinks they can be, or what they think is possible in their world.
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