Observe in short, how transient and trivial is all mortal life; yesterday a drop of semen, tomorrow a handful of spices. Spend therefore, these fleeting moments on earth as Nature would have you spend them, and then go to your rest with a good grace, as an olive falls in its season, with a blessing for the earth that bore it and a tahnksgiving to the tree that gave it life

Marcus Aurelius Meditations, recorded his passing thoughts, the maxims, the musings of life and death of a sensitive and humble mind. Trained in Stoic philosophy which contributed to Christianity. Here I found and material to add alongside my collections to accompany my work.