...you have to reach for things beyond your grasp, or what is heaven for

We are all afforded our physical existence so we can learn about ourselves.

I marveled at them both; how difficult it must be to be a person. To constantly subvert your desires. To worry about doing the right thing, rather than doing what is most expedient. At that moment, honestly, I had grave doubts as to my ability to interact on such a level. I wondered if I could ever become the human I hoped to be.

But what is worse, smelling the roast and not feasting, or not smelling the roast at all?

Any problems that may occur have ultimately been caused by you, because you are responsible for where you are and what you are doing there.

It makes one realize that the physicality if our world is a boundary to us only if our will is weak; a true champion can accomplish things that a normal person would think impossible.

This is a rule of racing: No race has ever been won in the first corner; many have been lost there.