My Mneme (pronounced nee-me)

The story goes that Zeus feared that the memories of his exploits and wise decisions would quickly fade from the minds of men. In the hopes of producing offspring that would help preserve these memories, Zeus disguised himself as a shepherd and slept with the goddess of memory, Mnemosyne, for 9 straight nights. Sometime later, Mnemosyne gave birth to 9 daughters. These daughters were the famous Muses that personified knowledge and the arts in Ancient Greece.

Mnemosyne's name was sometimes shortened to Mneme. Today, the word is a scientific term that means a unit of memory and is also used by modern Stoics, as the name for a memory exercise that is performed with the help of the Muses.

The Mneme exercise is the capstone assignment in the Stoic Essential Studies (SES) course offered by the College of Stoic Philosophers. It is intended to be memory verse or phrase that captures and helps you to remember the Stoic wisdom you learned in the course.

Here is my Mneme -- 

Choose, because your life is made only of your choices;

Choose reason over passions;

Choose virtue over vice;

Choose freedom over constraints;

Choose the present over the future;

Choose attention over senselessness;

Choose equanimity over agitation;

Choose acceptance over regrets; and

Choose philosophy over aimlessness. 

The SES course is a 4 month long overview & introduction to Stoicism.  If this has piqued your interest, click on this link  stoicscollege.com  and check out the College of Stoic Philosophers.