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A MEDITATION

“ Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.

— Epictetus

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A reflection

You can never get 'enough' of what you keep wanting more of. The only exit is shrinking the want, not expanding the supply. Freedom is desire edited down to what your life can actually deliver.

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