Vigilance means to be awake,
to be on one's guard, to be sincere -
never to be taken by surprise.
To be vigilant is not merely to resist what pulls you downward,
but above all to be alert in order not to lose an opportunity to progress,
any opportunity to overcome a weakness,
to resist a temptation, any opportunity to learn something,
to correct something, to master something.
If you are vigilant, you can do in a few days
what would otherwise take years.
If you are vigilant,
you change each circumstance of your life,
each action, each movement
into an occasion for coming nearer the goal.
