Welcome to Sundays with Seneca on the Perennial Meditations podcast. Join us as we explore Seneca’s timeless classic Letters from a Stoic in search of wisdom for modern life.
In the letter titled On Saving Time, Seneca wrote, “Continue to act thus, my dear Lucilius—set yourself free for your own sake; gather and save your time, which until lately has been forced from you, or filched away, or has merely slipped from your hands.”
Seneca urges us to remember that time is our most valuable resource. He asked Lucilius: “What man can you show me who places any value on his time, who reckons the worth of each day, who understands that he is dying daily?”
For we are mistaken when we look forward to death; the major portion of death has already passed. Whatever years be behind us are in death’s hands. Therefore, Lucilius, do as you write me that you are doing: hold every hour in your grasp. Lay hold of today’s task, and you will not need to depend so much upon tomorrow’s. While we are postponing, life speeds by. — Seneca
Nothing, Lucilius, is ours, except time. We were entrusted by nature with the ownership of this single thing, so fleeting and slippery […]
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