{"id":711,"date":"2017-04-27T20:28:02","date_gmt":"2017-04-27T20:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailystoic.com\/?p=711"},"modified":"2017-04-27T20:28:02","modified_gmt":"2017-04-27T20:28:02","slug":"rise-and-shine-excerpt-the-daily-stoic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailystoic.com\/rise-and-shine-excerpt-the-daily-stoic\/","title":{"rendered":"Rise And Shine"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cOn those mornings you struggle with getting up, keep this thought in mind\u2014I am awakening to the work of a human being. Why then am I annoyed that I am going to do what I\u2019m made for, the very things for which I was put into this world? Or was I made for this, to snuggle under the covers and keep warm? It\u2019s so pleasurable. Were you then made for pleasure? In short, to be coddled or to exert yourself?\u201d<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/em>\u2014Marcus Aurelius<\/a>, Meditations, 5.1<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Nobody likes Mondays so it\u2019s comforting to think that even two thousand years ago the emperor of Rome (who was reportedly a bit of an insomniac) was giving himself a pep talk in order to summon up the willpower to throw the blankets off each morning and get out of bed. From the time we\u2019re first sent off to school until we retire, we\u2019re faced with that same struggle. It\u2019d be nicer to shut our eyes and hit the snooze button a few more times. But we can\u2019t.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Because we have a job to do. Not only do we have the calling we\u2019ve dedicated ourselves to, but we have the larger cause that the Stoics speak about: the greater good. We cannot be of service to ourselves, to other people, or to the world unless we get up and get working\u2014the earlier the better. So c\u2019mon. Get in the shower, have your coffee, and get going.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>This is an exclusive meditation\u00a0from The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living<\/a>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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