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Made For Working Together
Focusing on the Daily Stoic Meditation for July 21 — Made For Working Together, as outlined by Ryan Holiday in the bestseller 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance and the Art Of Living.
“Whenever you have trouble getting up in the morning, remind yourself that you’ve been made by nature for the purpose of working with others, whereas even unthinking animals share sleeping. And it’s our own natural purpose that is more fitting and more satisfying.”
— MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 8.12
Life is hard.
Life is hard — this isn’t something you need me to tell you.
Everyone deals with hardships, tough times and bad days. Everyone has those moments where they simply want to stay in bed, doing anything to avoid dealing with the day in front of them.
No matter how hard life gets, we all have a duty to show up — for ourselves and for others.
Your duty.
You have a duty to show up, no matter the situation.
You have a duty to get out of bed and show up, especially on the days you don’t want to.
Aurelius, in the quote above, outlines that you’ve been made by nature for the purpose of working with…
