From now on, then, resolve to live as a grown-up who is making progress,

And make whatever you think best a law that you never set aside.

And whenever you encounter anything that is difficult or pleasurable, or highly or lowly regarded,

remember that the contest is now:

you are at the Olympic Games,

you cannot wait any longer,

and that your progress is wrecked or preserved by a single day and a single event.

— Epictetus

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