Momento Mori(DW# 848)
In the glory days of the Roman Empire, when a general or a warrior would win a big victory, the crowd would cheer and celebrate his return from a successful battle.
During the celebrations, there would be an advisor sitting behind the general. That advisor had only one job and that was to whisper something into the general’s ear.
Can you guess what he would whisper? Would he congratulate the general and celebrate his success?
Nope.
His job was to whisper a variation on a couple themes—either saying "sic transit gloria" or "memento mori."
Sic transit gloria: Latin for "all glory is fleeting."
Memento mori: Latin for "remember death" or "remember YOU will die".
1) Let go of the petty concerns of the day and the obsessive planning for tomorrow
2) Allows us to keep our perspective amid worldly (and temporary) success
3) Allows us to live our best self every single day.
Let us live accordingly.
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