July 16th Reading from The Daily Stoic (Round 2) - Progress of the Soul

"To what service is my soul committed? Constantly ask yourself this and thoroughly examine yourself by seeing how you relate to that part called the ruling principle. Whose soul do I have now? Do I have that of a child, a youth . . . a tyrant, a pet, or a wild animal?"

~ Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 5.11