February 29

Arise and be doing, and Jehovah be with thee. — 1 Chr 22:16

Happy is he and more than wise
Who sees with wondrous eyes and clean
This world through all the gray disguise
Of sleep and custom in between.
— G.K. Chesterton.

In the morning, when thou findest thyself unwilling to rise, consider with thyself presently, if it is to go about a man’s work that I am stirred up. Or was I made for this, to lay me down, and make much of myself in a warm bed.
— Marcus Aurelius.

Prayer

Gracious Father, help me to take of the wealth of my day, while it is in season, and accessible. May I not be ignorant of the abundance in which I live, and be found in overwhelming regret. Forgive me for all that I have missed in life, and make me more watchful of that which is to come. Amen.