Wake up! Marcus Aurelius 6.31

Marcus shakes himself. All of us have to do a little self-correction now and then, snapping out of trances that our expectations tend to put us in.

Ἀνάνηφε καὶ ἀνακαλοῦ σεαυτὸν καὶ ἐξυπνισθεὶς πάλιν καὶ ἐννοήσας ὅτι ὄνειροί σοι ἠνώχλουν, πάλιν ἐγρηγορὼς βλέπε ταῦτα, ὡς ἐκεῖνα ἔβλεπες.

Sober up. Summon yourself once more to live among the waking. Recognize that dreams were driving you mad, and now that you are awake, see today's world as you saw yesterday's.