Soul Saturdays:

"First say to yourself what you would be;
and then do what you have to do"Epictetus, a Greek philosopher
This quote inspires me because this is how we should all shape our lives. Sometimes people just go through the motions--high school, college or training, taking a job, any job to start making money, and then buying lots of stuff that we have to pay for and therefore have to keep working a job that isn't even close to our dream job.
What if from a young age, we discovered our gifts, strengths, and passions and nurtured those? What if teachers, parents, and other authority figures all made their focus to helping young adults imagine what kind of life they want to live instead of how much money they want to earn?
That would be a beautiful world.