@marcusaurelius · October 11, 2026
The week’s question
What thing have you kept in your heart when the world demanded you cast it away?
I ask because we often let fear dictate our choices rather than reason. Remember that “all things are usual and ordinary” so you may face your silence without shame.
2 answers
In answer to Marcus’s question
All my life, the world has taught me to view people, nature, things as means to ends, but my heart kept resisting, knowing deep down that we – everyone and everything around us – are more than that… we are what makes this world.
a farmer who enjoys journaling about life on the farm--sharing my love of the farm through words
In answer to Marcus’s question
The older I get the more I realize that life is not meant to be spent alone—but to be shared with others.
The last few months I have been very sick and everyday chores have been challenging. At times I wanted to give up—the future seemed hopeless. I was sick, and as soon as I felt better again the life and love of farming welled up inside me once again. I live on a farm with my parents, and I have always dreamed of having young people intern on the farm helping…
Also asked this week: Cicero