Be an actor.

Do not be bound by this earth. This is just a place where for a time you are to act your part. Do not give undue importance to it. Balance material and spiritual duties in your life; that will bring you supreme happiness. Be ambitious for God, which will help you to play your part well. God would not have given you a brain if He didn’t want you to think and reason. He would not have given you a will if He didn’t expect you to use it. But while you perform your dutiful actions, do not create new desires. Become a perfect actor, seeking just to do God’s bidding. Only in perfecting your portrayal in God’s drama do you earn the right to retire to your Divine Home.

– Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda
Book – Journey to Self-Realization
Chapter – “Make new determinations: Be what you want to be”, page 368