022. Marcus Aurelius - Whenever you arise at dawn..

Rarely does our life go the way we imagine. The quote below might help.

“Whenever you arise at dawn,
immediately reflect
that you will encounter
annoying, ungrateful,
arrogant, dishonest,
jealous, and disagreeable.

All these things happen (to us)
because we are ignorant
and do not recognize the good from the bad.”

Marcus Aurelius, emperor philosopher

The original Greek quote:

_“Ἐπειδὰν ἕωθεν ἀναστῇς, ἄρτι σκέψαι, ὅτι συναντήσονταί σοι βροχοί, ἀχάριστοι, ὑβρισταί, δόλιοι, ζηλόφθονοι, καὶ δύσγνωμοι. Πάντα ταῦτα αὐτοῖς συμβαίνει διὰ τὸ ἀγνοεῖν τὸ ἀγαθὸν καὶ τὸ κακόν.”

• Ἐπειδὰν (Epeidan) - When, whenever
• ἕωθεν (heōthen) - in the morning, at dawn
• ἀναστῇς (anastēs) - you arise, you wake up
• ἄρτι (arti) - first, immediately
• σκέψαι (skepsai) - consider, reflect
• ὅτι (hoti) - that
• συναντήσονταί (synantēsontai) - will meet, will encounter
• σοι (soi) - you
• βροχοί (brochoi) - meddling, annoying
• ἀχάριστοι (acharitstoi) - ungrateful
• ὑβρισταί (hybristai) - arrogant, insolent
• δόλιοι (dolioi) - deceitful, dishonest
• ζηλόφθονοι (zēlophthonoi) - envious, jealous
• καὶ (kai) - and
• δύσγνωμοι (dysgnōmoi) - surly, disagreeable
• Πάντα (Panta) - all ταῦτα (tauta) - these things
• αὐτοῖς (autois) - to them (self)
• συμβαίνει (symbainei) - happen, occur
• διὰ (dia) - because of
• τὸ (to) - the
• ἀγνοεῖν (agnoein) - ignorance, not knowing
• τὸ (to) - the
• ἀγαθὸν (agathon) - good
• καὶ (kai) - and
• τὸ (to) - the
• κακόν (kakon) - bad, evil

Respectfully,

Uki D. Lucas