“When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love…”
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Marcus Aurelius
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Meditations
Variant: When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive-to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.
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