An Easy Source of Encouragement

<p><a href='http://link.h.convertkit.com/wf/click?upn=u8prfd1NrUxy6jdv9ZeNggI7YHd-2BT-2BbDv73IPxtv-2BstuPBtNTAiTypPTN6BDK88K-2FsECc-2FnnMQnjd3hEG4WDMxVfzRchYz-2FKhOVzfciNIDL1M4JcO4ceGeQGcHTgiQ6XKdKDN-2FuLNZ0v-2B5p6vQd8Z8N-2FEpiIkPyFb0pYO12ku3bpDxAOdgLL-2B120sdCoipzBoVPbFH7vaDV7ZRms4uWtSfXr-2BpXnPM0PQ2ETnbiZ60HcEy0lhD-2B6aoVS1pW6RowTIS3XwbriobFcWxXaX8jcTPvAIeI2k6T2p0lpbtiin0DtSS7IQixhBKRpSxCVxChw_LBI-2Bq6ZwzIKNk6qX1HRZgOulroLuYR-2FDPQJgDjR-2BL-2FtqekcEERKmOF2jerNpP5b489h7os491IOpLOE3vColnOS4WX7gWKa0Hb5tB-2FUTZPlEmLZt6cheVzpwZyBzDKWwAQ6YhXwX9XjEb-2B7iGTTRfEKq99trHcl64tyn-2Bl-2FevE5wz154YaeGKf5xPywe4wbgufie0-2FBk6uEbh6eKtGkBDlP3-2BpL0T6vEH9ri41RpIxuHaUACkVLN2Ft1C2lYaa08ZP4ET2SRfkeiSZCHUscwVHJuAWD46QJKWzD2U2QoRvAi8ZRqtNn2E3vrZGUBl2D0Q0GWCPoifKgeRFmTglqlmcOntfZ-2FcZnZr4dwfPjq-2BYLP-2BVR8GXh2H0Uk8yyX-2By70YdJKReWZEpQMB6NxbwSAO6pREDPhiYtubKwANBWTSgViDr-2FlomZZpV9ld9pybGcHSekGSUMWoje9Pohkp9anzovhHkq1cDEiAa7vz82OHP0q5Px5YuXpx6rur4pb26mPSHYswdsHK82BP87-2FK23-2FUHXaIrAZon4j-2BKiY4hRZVE-2F7PUSCQVZekIUHNEPnyxSAm0bTSrtPzT14cR6v4b5YG1xDMtVKCciVPBqCP5FjDZs-3D'>Why did Marcus Aurelius write his <em>Meditations</em></a><em>?</em> It wasn’t for an audience. It wasn’t simply to practice his Greek or his rhetorical abilities—he was already good at all those things. The book lacks an author’s note and he never seemed to have told anyone about his intentions, so we can’t know for sure. </p><p>But there are two clues that, when put together, provide an answer as good as any. Have you noticed how much of <a href='http://link.h.convertkit.com/wf/click?upn=u8prfd1NrUxy6jdv9ZeNggI7YHd-2BT-2BbDv73IPxtv-2BstuPBtNTAiTypPTN6BDK88KCMGhbCFZ4TRXARi24-2FZ1GusK9Pvs-2BiHPimgaQnhJ-2BZ9BOg40yYRyYGcYuituKRYBSH6h7-2BFSwSZChVkmSk-2Fkpw-3D-3D_LBI-2Bq6ZwzIKNk6qX1HRZgOulroLuYR-2FDPQJgDjR-2BL-2FtqekcEERKmOF2jerNpP5b489h7os491IOpLOE3vColnOS4WX7gWKa0Hb5tB-2FUTZPlEmLZt6cheVzpwZyBzDKWwAQ6YhXwX9XjEb-2B7iGTTRfEKq99trHcl64tyn-2Bl-2FevE5wz154YaeGKf5xPywe4wbgufie0-2FBk6uEbh6eKtGkBDlP3-2BpL0T6vEH9ri41RpIxuHaUACkVLN2Ft1C2lYaa08ZP4ET2SRfkeiSZCHUscwVHJuAWD46QJKWzD2U2QoRvA