KEEP THE OLD WARM

If you work at that which is before you, following right reason seriously, vigorously, calmly, without allowing anything else to distract you, but keeping your divine part pure, as if you were bound to give it back immediately; if you hold to this, expecting nothing, but satisfied to live now according to nature, speaking heroic truth in every word which you utter, you will live happy. And there is no man able to prevent this. – Marcus Aurelius: Meditations III:12

We often hear happiness in not in the destination but in the process of getting there – loving each moment of the journey. From experience, I think this is true.

Here, Marcus has his eye on the present moment where he says we can live happy, IF………If we attend to the matter before us with seriousness, vigor, calm, focus, without expectation, and satisfied with our task.

Whatever it is we are doing, walking down the street, answering emails, cooking a meal, brushing our teeth, organizing our finances, eating a meal, we can go about each task with contentment and grace. We need nothing more than to work at that which is before us. Within the process of the moment, happiness can be found.

Keep attending to your day, moment to moment, task to task. Before you know it, there is momentum, and there is joy.

Presence in the present.

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