Translated simply, it means: “Remember that you will die.”
But I couldn’t shake it. And after sitting with it for a while, I realized that The Stoic Secret The ancient Stoics (and even the Buddhists, in their own way) used this practice not to depress themselves, but to sharpen themselves. r memento mori
There’s a Latin phrase that has been following me around lately: . Translated simply, it means: “Remember that you will die
When you feel angry about traffic or a spilled drink, pause: “Is this worth the sand falling through my hourglass?” r memento mori
They believed that by staring directly at the sun of our mortality—without flinching—we can finally see what truly matters in the shadows.