I want to take you back 2,000 years to ancient Rome there's a young man and he finds out he's going to have a job that only 15 human beings have ever had up until this point he's going to become the emperor of Rome the most powerful person in the world how does Marcus Aurelius navigate the strains and stresses of power we know that he turns to stoic philosophy we see Marcus wrestling with his role his job his duty his obligations and himself in the pages of meditations and what guides him through this Gauntlet through this
Crucible through this incredible test is what he calls the touchstones of goodness what we call today the cardinal virtues he says if at some point in your life you come across anything better than Justice and wisdom self- control and courage he says it must be an extraordinary thing indeed
