Those we love

"Whenever you feel the need or wish to cheer yourself, think about all of the good qualities of those who are around you -- the energy of one, for instance, the modesty of another, the generosity of a third, and some other gift of a fourth. For nothing is ever so cheering as the images of the qualities shining through in the character of those who live with us.... Have these images then ever before your eyes." -- Marcus Aurelius