Squaring ourselves up with our life is coming to terms with how things are and with the disparity between how they are and how we want them to be-- and getting up and doing what needs to be done, anyway, nevertheless, even so. We are not in it for what we can get out of it. "What's in it for us?" is an inappropriate question. "When is it going to be my turn?" "When am I going to get my way?" Are also inappropriate questions. We all grow up against our will. Getting up and doing what needs to be done, when, where and how it needs to be done is the duty incumbent upon every human being. We are here to do what needs to be done, when, where and how it needs to be done. What we get out of it is the joy of doing it and the satisfaction of having done it. We also get to use our original nature and the virtues/characteristics that are inherent in our DNA in the service of what needs us to do it. If we spill the milk, we clean up the milk. If the dog throws up on the carpet, we clean up the mess-- the way it needs to be cleaned up. We rise to the occasion in each situation as it arises. The Sisyphean task is doing what needs to be done every day--when, where and how it needs to be done. The first thing that needs to be done is how we are looking at what needs to be done. "What's in it for me?" Doesn't belong there. "Why me?" "What am I getting out of it?" "Why should I be the one who does it?" Turn the light around and it becomes, "I am built for this!" "This is my specialty!" "Give ME the ball!" "Let me show you how it's done!" "I was hoping I would get to do that today!" Etc. And we don't have to wait until tomorrow! We can start right here, right now!
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Jim Dollar's Photography and Philosophy 
Right on, Jim!
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