The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius is a life-changing classic ...The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts. You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this and you will find strength. When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive to think to enjoy to love ... It is not death that a man should fear but he should fear never beginning to live. Everything we hear is an opinion not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective not t