That whatever happens has always happened, and
always will, and is happening at this very moment,
everywhere. Just like this.
What links one human being to all humans: not blood, or
birth, but mind.
And...
That an individual’s mind is God and of God.
That nothing belongs to anyone. Children, body, life
itself—all of them come from that same source.
That it’s all how you choose to see things.
That the present is all we have to live in. Or to lose.
- Constantly run down the list of those who felt intense
anger at something: the most famous, the most unfortunate, the
most hated, the most whatever. And ask: Where is all that
now? Smoke, dust, legend... or not even a legend. Think of
all the examples: Fabius Catullinus in the country, Lusius
Lupus in the orchard, Stertinius at Baiae, Tiberius on Capri,
Velius Rufus... obsession and arrogance.