At some point the big reasons run out and then all you’re left with is your own quiet decisions … Big reasons run out. The power of your decisions does not.*
Gabe Anderson

Anything that can be prevented, taken away, or coerced is not a person’s own – but those things that can be blocked are their own.**
Epictetus

This is about the difference between musts and shoulds:
The reasons, or the shoulds, come from outside of you, but
those sending them your way aren’t bothered enough with you to
keep telling you everything you ought to be doing;
The decisions, or musts, are always coming from
inside of you, fed by your
talents, energies, and values, they’re
always there to guide you and keep you going
when the way becomes tough – just when
the reasons are likely to say as they flee,
“Estás solo mi amigo.”

*Gabe Anderson’s blog: No Reason At All;
**Ryan Holiday’s The Daily Stoic.