Fortune's gifts are not ours to keep

One-minute meditation

**Dear readers—this will be the last post in the One-Minute Meditation series. I hope you’ve enjoyed the past year of music, nature scenes, and inspirational Stoic quotes. It does take considerable time for me to plan these posts: searching through the literature for appropriate passages, finding the right scenery to go with it, and listening to dozens (hundreds?) of potential songs to find the right music. I no longer have time to do this. However, if anyone else would like to take up the mantle, I would love to see other versions of musical Stoic meditations. And of course my regular Friday posts will continue. Best wishes, Brittany

I invite you to take a few deep breaths as you choose your preferred music below, enjoy the stunning natural scenery, and reflect on the following words of wisdom from Seneca:

Meditative flute

Uplifting classical

If cheerfulness is to endure, one must rejoice in one's own resources. All ordinary objects of longing are in flux, this way and that. Fortune's gifts are not ours to keep.

Seneca, Letters on Ethics, 72.7

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Music credit: Monosolomono and Sonican on Pixabay

Photo credit: Joyce G on Unsplash