30/12/2025
Happy New Year my dear Instagram friends.for you and your whole family. God bless you in everything 🍀BR Michele
MARCUS AURELIUS wrote: „Everyone is only as valuable as the things they value.“ (Meditations, VI, 21) A philosopher-emperor who, in the silence of his military tent, questioned the meaning of life and the weight we give to the things of the world. Marcus Aurelius reminds us of a simple truth: we become what we consider important. It takes only a moment to remember an ancient truth: we become what we choose to consider important. Our priorities shape us, silently, every day. Approval makes us fragile, status chains us. Only what truly nourishes us makes us grow free.
It’s an invitation to reevaluate one’s priorities, to distinguish what’s necessary from what’s superfluous, and to focus energy on what builds a strong and lasting inner self. A person’s intrinsic value is tied to their moral principles and conduct, not their possessions or social standing. The aphorism emphasizes how a person’s value is not determined by external factors, but by their set of values and the priorities they choose, inviting us to focus on what is essential and truly human, such as knowledge, virtue, and wisdom, rather than on the ephemeral.
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