What Happened to March?
Obviously it happened and we’re moving into April. With nary a whimper from Caesar or his ghost on March 15, 2016 the “Ides of March” again slipped into history.
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According to Wikipedia
In modern times, the Ides of March is best known as the date on which Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 BC. Caesar was stabbed to death at a meeting of the senate. As many as 60 conspirators, led by Brutus and Cassius, were involved. According to Plutarch, a seer had warned that harm would come to Caesar no later than the Ides of March. On his way to the Theatre of Pompey, where he would be assassinated, Caesar passed the seer and joked, “The Ides of March are come”, implying that the prophecy had not been fulfilled, to which the seer replied “Aye, Caesar; but not gone.” This meeting is famously dramatised in William Shakespeare‘s play Julius Caesar, when Caesar is warned by the soothsayer to “beware the Ides of March.” The Roman biographer Suetonius identifies the “seer” as a haruspex named Spurinna.
Caesar’s death was a closing event in the crisis of the Roman Republic, and triggered the civil war that would result in the rise to sole power of his adopted heir Octavian (later known as Augustus).
More history and trivia from Wikipedia about what happened to Julius Caesar in case you’re interested.
Just to end with two quotes about “mindfulness” (one of my favorite topics) and a link to more quotes.
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Writing can be an incredible mindfulness practice.
When you have children, you realize how easy it is to not see them fully, and perhaps miss all those early years. If you are not careful, you can be too absorbed in work, and they will be only too happy to tell you about it later. Being a parent is one of greatest mindfulness practices of all.
Hopefully the mindfulness quotes will inspire you.
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