No one ever told me "you'll fly". No one ever promised me "you won't die". Yet with no wings I've already flown a lot and "now" with no regrets, of unkept promises, of incomplete things, with no added pain I'm getting ready to fly again.
Everyone wants our well-being, let's not let them steal it from us.
Do you wish to be big?
Then start by being small.
Do you want to erect a building that can reach the sky?
Start by buiding humble foudations.
Though thou be destined to live three thousand years and as many myriads besides, yet remember that no man loseth other life than that which he liveth, nor liveth other than that which he loseth.
Men don't die for lack of food in a desert. They die by falling prey to their emotions.