220629 What I learned in my studies this morning 2

Always try. Always.

Broken slabs of ice floe slow. 

And I fail often. 

Daily Stoic:

It's useful to remind myself that these are the words of the most powerful person in the world, lecturing himself.

He was trying to make himself better when, of all people, he had no need. He could have been the biggest asshole on the planet and suffered few or no consequences.  Instead, he deliberately, and with virtue aforethought, set out to be the best person he could be. 

WTF is my excuse? 

Today's Meditation:

Today's Meditation II:

Today's Music:

Eclogue for piano and strings, op. 10 by Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)

Daily Shakespeare:

Henry VIII, Prologue