The freedom to do your own thing ends when you have obligations and responsibilities.
I think that we have opportunities all around us - sometimes we just don't recognize them.
Don't tell me how rocky the sea is, just bring the ship in.
If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today.
So what if someone wrote your obituary... that doesn't mean you are obligated to die.
I'm not a disciplinarian. I simply enforce other people's decisions.