Morning Meditation

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June 26, 2026

The unexamined life is not worth living.

Socrates said this at his trial in 399 BCE, facing a death sentence for refusing to stop asking hard questions in the streets of Athens. He had spent decades annoying powerful people by pointing out that they did not actually know what they claimed to know. He chose execution over exile because stopping his work would have meant living as someone other than himself. That choice — to keep examining rather than coast — is exactly what beginning again asks of us each morning.

Reflection

Most of us go days without honestly checking whether our habits still match what we actually want. What is one thing you did yesterday on autopilot that deserves a real look today?

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