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Five Quotes That Deserve to Be Read Slowly
Enjoy them like a good song or a good wine
I was listening to the radio yesterday when I heard a new song. It was so moving that I pulled the car over to listen properly.
I haven’t been able to get it out of my head since.
Reading has a similar effect on me. If it’s good, I find myself reading slowly, taking it in, and replaying the words in my head long after I’ve stopped.
Each of the five quotes below has done that to me at different times over the years. Some have opened my heart. Others have straightened my spine. Most have somehow done both.
“What are you afraid of losing when nothing in the world belongs to you?” — Marcus Aurelius
This opened my heart because it made me realise that I’m a part of a very long line of people who have come before me, and that everything I have is inherited from them. It also reminded me that everything I have today will be someone else’s soon enough, so why fight and argue over things that are so transient?
It all seems so futile in the end. A complete waste of energy.
I don’t know about you, but I would much rather enjoy something while I have it than worry about losing…
