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A MEDITATION

“ It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.

— Epictetus

Enchiridion

On control

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A reflection

Two people get laid off on the same day. One spirals into bitterness; the other starts the business they'd always put off. Same event, opposite lives. The event is one line of the story; your response writes the rest.

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