" Think of the life you have lived until now as over and, as a dead man, see what’s left as a bonus and live it according to Nature. Love the hand that fate deals you and play it as your own, for what could be more fitting?” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 7.56–57 "

― Ryan Holiday , The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living