A Message To Get Out Of Bed

Marcus Aurelius writes in Meditation,

“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?

You don’t love yourself enough. Or you’d love your nature too, and what it demands of you.”

This week I wanted to share a piece of content that has deeply impacted me.

This paragraph from Marcus Aurelius is something I think about often not only in the morning but throughout the day.

My hope is that you can use this as motivation to what you are responsible for. Take care of what you need.

Go out and make a difference.