We Are Here To Do

We are here to do.
And through doing, to learn;
and through learning, to know;
and through knowing, to experience wonder;
and through wonder, to attain wisdom;
and through wisdom, to find simplicity;
and through simplicity, to give attention;
and through attention, to see what needs to be done. 
Pirkei Avot (Ethics of the Fathers) 5:27