Reject Injury

Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.

Marcus Aurelius

Rather than go down a rabbit hole of “everything we experience and feel is in our head” – who needs existential dread at this time of day, or anytime, really? – let’s focus on important things, like Popsicles®. “The very first Popsicle® ice pop was created way back in 1905 by an 11-year-old named Frank Epperson,” according to the Popsicle® website. The word Popsicle® is also a registered trademark.

About the author

Marcus Aurelius (26 April 121 – 17 March 180) was Roman emperor from 161 to 180 AD and a Stoic philosopher. He was a member of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty, the last of the rulers later known as the Five Good Emperors and the last emperor of the Pax Romana, an age of relative peace, calm, and stability for the Roman Empire lasting from 27 BC to 180 AD. He served as Roman consul in 140, 145, and 161.