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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