Remember your life. Marcus Aurelius 5.31

Marcus conducts an inventory of his life. How does he relate to other persons, human and divine? Each one he meets offers occasion for action and expression: the trick is to speak and act well, adapting the self to converse skillfully with the other. To do this well, you need to remember who you are, what you have seen and done: having your past in mind helps you improve your expression, as far as you can, and rest content once you have deliberately given someone your best effort.

Πῶς προσενήνεξαι μέχρι νῦν θεοῖς, γονεῦσιν, ἀδελφῷ, γυναικί, τέκνοις, διδασκάλοις, τροφεῦσι, φίλοις, οἰκείοις, οἰκέταις; εἰ πρὸς πάντας σοι μέχρι νῦν ἐστι τό· μήτε τινὰ ῥέξαι ἐξαίσιον μήτε εἰπεῖν. ἀναμιμνῄσκου δὲ καὶ δι’ οἵων διελήλυθας καὶ οἷα ἤρκεσας ὑπομεῖναι καὶ ὅτι πλήρης ἤδη σοι ἡ ἱστορία τοῦ βίου καὶ τελεία ἡ λειτουργία καὶ πόσα ὦπται καλὰ καὶ πόσων μὲν ἡδονῶν καὶ πόνων ὑπερεῖδες, πόσα δὲ ἔνδοξα παρεῖδες, εἰς ὅσους δὲ ἀγνώμονας εὐγνώμων ἐγένου.

How have you conducted yourself up to this moment with gods, with your parents, with your brother, with your wife, with your children and your teachers, your caretakers and your friends, your family and your servants? Up to now your aspiration has been to avoid doing or saying anything out of place before all these people. But you need to take stock of things. Remember through what trials you have come, the burdens you have managed to endure. See that the story of your life is full, that your record of service is complete. Remember that you have seen many beautiful things, seen through many pleasures and toils, witnessed many notable moments on your way to someplace else, and borne cheerfully the company of many fools.