First impression of the "Meditations" of Marcus Aurelius

The beauty of this journal is Marcus is writing only to himself, with unflinching courage and determination to face and accept reality, relentlessly striving, urging himself to be a better person, to employ reason and knowledge in choosing his actions, to be harmonious with the universe, to accept with understanding rather than to judge, and to use his immense power to the best of his ability in the best interests of all of his fellow humans.