Don't Get 'Siked?

Epictetus has many theories about life, and what you should do or not do in certain situations. However, when Epictetus states that "For each action, consider what leads up to it and what follows it, and approach it in the light of that. Otherwise you will come to it enthusiastically at first, since you have not borne in mind any of what will happen next, but later when difficulties turn up you will give up disgracefully" (sec. 29). Anne Shirley, from the book "Anne Of Green Gables" would have had a couple things to tell Epictetus. According to her, half of the fun of things is the looking-forward-to-it part. In all of the books of Anne Shirley, she is always getting let down, but she does seem to enjoy looking forward to things, and expecting alot of greatness from events. Although she is dissapointed sometimes, other times she does have great things happen to her. So, in this situation I would have to 'agree' with Anne, that life is alot better when you look forward to things, even if you are let down sometimes. So, get 'siked.