Learning As I Go: Why do you wake up?

Why do I wake up? Spending a week with little to no agenda (other than meals, naps, and reading) created a margin for stillness, reflection and introspection. In one of those quiet moments, I considered my purpose. When I wake up every day, what is the reason I still have breath in my lungs? What am I supposed to do with this one life I’ve been given that will make a mark on the world?  During the busyness of normal life, these questions don’t have time to surface. The alarm dings