Impedimenta

And who told you, “It is your function to walk unimpeded”? What I have been telling you is that the only unimpeded thing is the motivation. Wherever there is a need for the body and the body’s cooperation, you have heard long ago that none of it is your own. from How to Be Free: An Ancient Guide to the Stoic Life (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers) by Epictetus, Anthony Long