MeditationsREADING GUIDE
XIIBOOK XII
No longer postponing life
The last book returns to inward freedom. Setting down the weight of the past and imagined futures does not mean forgetting or ceasing to prepare. It lets us return to the present, where a just action is possible.
A CENTRAL IDEA · ADAPTATION
What you hope to reach after so many detours can begin now: release the past, entrust the future and give the present justice and attention.Freely adapted · XII, 1
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BRING IT INTO YOUR LIFE
What situation in your day does this idea illuminate? Take a moment to write down how it changes the way you see things.
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