Ryan Holiday

This is one of the most powerful passages in one of the most powerful books ever written.

2,000 years ago, the emperor of Rome, a person that many believed was a god, that believed was immortal, that they believed had so much power that no one and nothing could touch him.

We have Marcus Aurelius writing in his famous meditations in book 221, he says, you could leave life right now.

Let that determine what you do and say and think.

He writes over and over again in meditations.

We see him doing this memento mori practice, remembering that he is mortal, remembering that life is ephemeral, that life is short, that we are not in control, that we don't get to decide.

And so we can't take this present moment for granted.

We can't take our health for granted.

We can't take other people around us for granted.

We can't take the future for granted.

He says, you could be good today.

Instead, you choose tomorrow.

Don't put it off.

Do what you need to do now because you could leave life right now.

Let that determine what you do and say and think.

In Texas, a lot of the bugs are just not cool.

The ants bite, spiders are poisonous, there's...

All these kinds of wasps that I didn't even know existed before.

Scorpions, oh man, it's crazy.

And pest control is just a part of living here, owning a home or a store or anything.