Seneca, the Roman philosopher, had some serious thoughts about life that you might want to hear. He wrote an essay called "On the Shortness of Life," and it’s either gonna comfort you or freak you out, depending on your mood. His big idea? Life isn’t actually short; we just waste a ton of it on stuff that doesn't matter. We all get the same amount of time, but we end up complaining about not having enough because we’re busy with distractions. I know I often think about what I need to stop doing after reading his work. What about you? How do you feel about this?
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This is the Daily note from jamesabrown.net the stoic, known as Seneca, was a Roman philosopher and playwright who lived about 2,000 years ago.
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He wrote an essay called on the Shortness of Life that is either the most comforting or the most unsettling thing you'll ever read, depending on the day you pick it up.
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His argument was this life isn't short, we just waste most of it.
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He said we're given more than enough time and that we throw it away on things that don't matter and then complain that there isn't enough of it.
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I've never been able to read that without immediately starting on a list of things I probably need to stop doing.
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What about you?
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How much time do you waste and what do you think of his thoughts?
