Find your place, & commit to it. Marcus Aurelius 6.39
Marcus
Aurelius does not want to cultivate the dissatisfaction that causes
us to be always looking to replace things or people around ourselves,
shopping for better fulfilment, more happiness, or whatever it is
that leads us to seek our fate beyond what exists here & now.
Find the best in your immediate reach & commit to it, for real
(ἀλλ’ ἀληθινῶς).
Οἷς
συγκεκλήρωσαι πράγμασι, τούτοις συνάρμοζε
σεαυτόν, καὶ οἷς συνείληχας ἀνθρώποις,
τούτους φίλει, ἀλλ’ ἀληθινῶς.
Put
yourself in harmony with whatever circumstances fall to your lot, and
love the people with whom you must face them, but you have to be
earnest about it.