21. Keep the End in View

Keep the end in view. Epictetus says it is not morbid. It is the cure for small thinking.

Let death and exile, and everything that looks terrible, be daily before your eyes.

Most of all, keep death there.

You will never entertain a low thought, and you will never long for anything too eagerly.

What this means. Remembering you will die is not gloomy. It puts everything else in its real size.