True independence means being free from the domination of your own internal automatic behaviors, not doing what you feel like when the urge strikes.
Steps are what you take when you think you have forever.
It takes courage to be the author of your life.
Make your Vocation into Vacation and you will not have to work a single day.
The ability to feel fear and keep moving forward distinguishes the living from the merely breathing.
The secret to perseverance is a simple one: have a bigger commitment to getting the job done than to attempting to control your inner feelings and sensations.