A Stoic Thought Exercise: What if It All Goes Away?
Meditating on our fleeting mortality might sound like a downer, but the ancient practice can help us find more tranquility while we’re here
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3 min readJan 27, 2021
A couple weeks ago, I felt a dull ache in my abdomen. It wasn’t painful, but it was persistent and, since the belly houses several…