{"id":6681,"date":"2021-06-10T22:07:54","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T16:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bijays.com.np\/musicpervs\/?p=6681"},"modified":"2021-06-10T22:07:59","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T16:22:59","slug":"memento-mori-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bijays.com.np\/musicpervs\/2021\/06\/10\/memento-mori-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Memento Mori"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\">&lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large\"><p><strong>&#8220;<\/strong>Just that you do the right thing. The rest doesn\u2019t matter.<\/p><p>Cold or warm.<br>Tired or well-rested.<br>Despised or honored.<br>Dying \u2026 or busy with other assignments.<\/p><p>Because dying, too, is one of our assignments in life. There as well: \u201cto do what needs doing.<strong>\u201d<\/strong> ~ Marcus Aurelius (Meditation)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube alignwide wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"BOB DYLAN - Mr Tambourine Man\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PYF8Y47qZQY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption><sup>BOB DYLAN &#8211; Mr Tambourine Man<\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;Memento Mori&#8217; medallion by Ryan Holiday lays on my work desk as I start my Work From Home Office day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plus, every night before I go to bed, I bring the coin with me. Play with her for a while and finally, finally tuck her underneath my pillow just before I pass out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To me, doing this has become like a weird ritual. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To me, it&#8217;s one of the most important discovery of my life!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Sure, I&#8217;ve written in length about this Latin phrase &#8212; quite a lot really <strong>[<em>see <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/bijays.com.np\/musicpervs\/2020\/10\/22\/memento-mori\/\" target=\"_blank\">this<\/a><\/em>]<\/strong>; Which simply meant, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-larger-font-size\">&#8220;Remember, <strong>you will die<\/strong>!<strong>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, here&#8217;s the cookie in the jar;  this mere $26.00 <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/store.dailystoic.com\/products\/memento-mori\" target=\"_blank\">metal<\/a> or say my metaphorical friend at the moment with &#8216;<strong>Memento Mori&#8217; <\/strong>etched on it &#8212; clearly, rightfully, and bravely demands;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>priority,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>urgency,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>meaning,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and more importantly <strong>intentionality!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Namaste.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\">&lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span> &#8220;Just that you do the right thing. The rest doesn\u2019t matter. Cold or warm.Tired or well-rested.Despised or honored.Dying \u2026 or busy with other assignments. Because&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/bijays.com.np\/musicpervs\/2021\/06\/10\/memento-mori-2\/\">Continue Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Memento Mori<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[113,23],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bijays.com.np\/musicpervs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6681"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bijays.com.np\/musicpervs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bijays.com.np\/musicpervs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bijays.com.np\/musicpervs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bijays.com.np\/musicpervs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6681"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/bijays.com.np\/musicpervs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6682,"href":"http:\/\/bijays.com.np\/musicpervs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6681\/revisions\/6682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bijays.com.np\/musicpervs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bijays.com.np\/musicpervs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bijays.com.np\/musicpervs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}