The late singer/songwriter and philanthropist Harry Chapin illustrated the value of feeling self-determined in your actions in this anecdote about his then 88-year-old artist grandfather, who told him: “Harry there’s two kinds of tired, there’s good tired and there’s bad tired. . . ironically enough bad tired can be a day that you won but you won other people’s battles, you lived other people’s days. . . other people’s dreams. . . and when you hit the hay at night somehow you toss and turn you don’t settle easy. . . Good tired ironically enough can be a day that you lost but. . . you knew you fought your battles, you chased your dreams. . . and when you hit the hay at night you settle easy. . . I painted and I painted and I am good tired and they can take me away.”

[Text from Harry Chapin Gold Medal Collection, produced by Elektra/Asylum Records, a division of Warner; photo by Keith Bernstein/Redferns/Getty Images]