Marcus Aurelius and Memento Mori

For thou must consider the things of the world, not as a loose independent number, consisting merely of necessary events; but as a discreet connection of things orderly and harmoniously disposed.

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

I find great comfort in reading the Stoic Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations.

I didn’t realize how much I have been bothered by the realization that there were more than 100 billion galaxies in the universe.

I think the the angst came from a position of trying to comprehend ou...