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25/365: Marcus Aurelius on giving

If you keep your wealth with you, it dies when you die. Sure, estate documents and beneficiary titles will control the ultimate destination for your dollars.

But that’s not what Marcus is showing us here. He’s pointing out the immortal wealth of generosity. The true wealth of giving what’s yours while you’re still here. Not hoarding loads of wealth in your own little castle just to buy more things and to one day pass on your legacy.

Instead, earning a kind of wealth that can never be taken away. And ironically, this only happens when we give our wealth away.

That’s true internal wealth.

What good can you do for others today?