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Now of course, there were many reasons why this great man never found time in life to visit Jerusalem. He had to teach himself to read. He had to work himself out of abject poverty. He had to conquer depression.
And then the gravest threat to freedom, yet known in the United States. He freed the slaves and made sure democracy would not perish from the earth. And these are all reasons why he had to put off that trip to a later date. Just as you have many reasons why you're waiting to do this or delaying doing that.
And yet life has a way of stripping all our reasons bare of humbling our plans and assumptions. We must live, as Marcus really said, as if death hangs over us, because it does. We cannot put off till tomorrow, he said, what we can do today, whether that's being good or highest priority or telling people we love them or go in places we wish to go. No one knows what the future holds.
No one knows how much time we have left. So do not delay. Do not wish. Do not wait.
Do it now while you still have time. Mother still is a chance. All of the future is uncertainty. Like I said, so live now, live immediately.
Or as Marcus says in the challenge point, I carry with me everywhere. You could leave life right now, but that determine what you do and say and think this exercise of momentum, more from the stoats, it's not about being morbid. It's about creating a sense of urgency and clarity and priority. That's why the stoics practice momentum worry.
That's why I carry this challenge going with me. I have a momentum more, a piece of a tombstone that I keep in my bathroom mirror that I look at on a daily basis. Momentum worry, it's so powerful. It gives so much clarity.
Find some way to practice that. If you want ours, you can check it out at stor.dailystor.dailystor.com. Just find something that reminds you that you should not delay. You cannot wait.
Do it now.