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      <title>#383. Marcus Aurelius: For What Were You Made? posted by brian @ Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:43:19 -0000</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;Everything--a horse, a vine--is created for some duty...For what task, then, were you yourself created? &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;A man's true delight is to do the things he was made for.&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;~ Marcus Aurelius, The Emperor-Philosopher&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;from &lt;em&gt;Meditations&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;&lt;em&gt;A man&amp;rsquo;s true delight is to do the things he was made for.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Wow.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We&amp;rsquo;ve talked it about it before and we&amp;rsquo;ll talk about it (again and again and) again.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;WHAT is your dharma?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;What makes you feel most alive?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;If you had all the money and all the time in the world, what would you do?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;What are you doing when time simply evaporates for you? &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;What are your greatest gifts and how are you giving them to the world?!?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Let&amp;rsquo;s discover the true delight of doing the things for which we were made!!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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