Marcus Aurelius: Whatever happens to you has been waiting to happen since the beginning of time. The twining strands of fate wove both of

Whatever happens to you has been waiting to happen since the beginning of time. — Marcus Aurelius

Whatever happens to you has been waiting to happen since the beginning of time. The twining strands of fate wove both of them together: your own existence and the things that happen to you.

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