"To what service is my soul committed? Constantly ask yourself this and thoroughly examine yourself by seeing how you relate to that part called the ruling principle. Whose soul do I have now? Do I have that of a child, a youth. . . a tyrant, a pet, or a wild animal?"-Marcus AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 5.11
("당신의 영혼은 어떤 봉사를 위해 헌신하고 있는지 끊임없이 자신에게 물어보시고, 그와 관련된 부분을 철저히 검토하여 자신의 본질을 탐구해보시기 바랍니다. 지금 나는 어떤 영혼을 가지고 있는지 생각해 보십시오. 어린아이의 영혼인지, 젊은이의 영혼인지, 폭군, 애완동물, 또는 야생 동물의 영혼인지 말입니다." - 마르쿠스 아우렐리우스, 명상록, 5.11)
To what are you committed? What cause, what mission, what purpose? What are you doing? And more important, why are you doing it? How does what you do every day reflect, in some way, the values you claim to care about? Are you acting in a way that's consistent with something you value, or are you wandering, unmoored to anything other than your own ambition?
When you examine these questions, you might be uncomfortable with the answers. That's good. That means you've taken the first step to ...
