There was an exercise that I did about 6 months ago, which was to write my obituary. It was a part of a life plan that I was constructing. The purpose was relatively simple. Who would I want people to remember me as when I was gone. If not currently that person, then what would I need to do to become that person. This quote by Marcus Aurelius reminded me of that.
It’s all about living in the moment, being the best person you can be every day, and striving to be the person you want to be remembered as. Some of us have longer roads to travel than others to achieve it. What really matters is that you are spending your time working on being that person, your future self.
Many of us think we need to go it alone. We keep who we want to be a secret. Afraid that others will judge us for not being that person just yet. Or laughing at who we actually want to be...
