The Seneca Quote That Completely Changes How You Think About Today It was early — earlier than the grandson usually woke. He had come downstairs before sunrise, restless, carrying the familiar feeling of being behind. Behind on everything. Behind on the person he was supposed to be becoming. His grandfather was already in his armchair. Of course he was. "I keep waiting," the grandson said, sitting at the coffee table. "Waiting until I finish this, until I sort that, until things settle down. And then I'll actually start." "Start what?" "Living properly. Being the person I'm supposed to be." He looked at his hands. "It never actually starts." His grandfather was quiet for a moment. Then he picked up his worn copy of Seneca's Letters to Lucilius and turned to a page near the back. "Seneca wrote one sentence to his friend Lucilius that I want you to read. He wrote it ...
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