For everything that comes your way, consider what it really is. Break it down into its parts: what it's made of, what it's for, and how long it's meant to last.
Of everything that presents itself unto thee, to consider what the true nature of it is, and to unfold it, as it were, by dividing it into that which is formal: that which is material: the true use or end of it, and the just time that it is appointed to last.