So
here is a great quote for a Monday morning from the philosopher
Emperor, Marcus Aurelius. From his Meditations.
At dawn, when you have trouble getting out of
bed, tell yourself: “I have to go to work — as a human being. What do I have to
complain of, if I’m going to do what I was born for — the things I was brought
into the world to do? Or is this what I was created for? To huddle under the
blankets and stay warm?…So you were born to feel “nice”? Instead of doing
things and experiencing them? Don’t you see the plants, the birds, the ants and
spiders and bees going about their individual tasks, putting the world in
order, as best they can? And you’re not willing to do your job as a human
being? Why aren’t you running to do what your nature demands?
In
other words, get your ass out of bed and get to work. The holidays are over.
