Who we are in the present includes who we were in the past.
I'm starting to believe that happily ever after includes people doing things that upset each other. We all get cranky, or impatient, or worried, or careless enough to do or say things that hurt someone else. Like it or not, that's normal. We can't blame it all on Olympia's bad energy. The important part is that we feel sorry about what we've done and make up for it. That's something Olympia never did.
Be eager to fulfill the smallest duty and flee from transgression for one duty includes another and one transgression induces another transgression.
A few years ago it dawned on me that everybody past a certain age ... pretty much constantly dreams of being able to escape from their lives. They don't want to be who they are any more. They want out. This list includes Thurston Howell the Third, Ann-Margret, the cat members of Rent, Václav Havel, space shuttle astronauts and Snuffleupagus. It's universal.
When a girl says she wants to be friends with benefits, I always ask if that includes dental insurance.
Freedom also includes the right to mismanage your own affairs.
Part of being creative is learning how to protect your freedom. That includes freedom from avarice.