One more favorite quote from Marcus Aurelius:
In the morning when thou risest unwillingly, let this thought be present,--I am rising to the work of a human being. Why then am I dissatisfied if I am going to do the things for which I was brought into the world? Or have I been made for this, to lie in bed clothes and keep myself warm? Dost thou exist then to take thy pleasure, and not at all for action or exertion? Dost thou not see the little plants, the little birds, the ants, the spiders, the bees working together to put in order their several parts of the universe? And art thou unwilling to do the work of a human being, and does thou not make haste to do that which, is according to thy nature?
Talk about inspiring! Each morning when I rise I am doing the work for which I was born. Eighteen hundred years ago, Aurelius wrote advice which is pertinent and motivating for me today.
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