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A MEDITATION

“ Men are disturbed not by the things which happen, but by the opinions about the things.

— Epictetus

Enchiridion 5

On control

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A reflection

The oldest lesson in Stoicism, and the one we keep forgetting. The event is neutral until your narrator starts working on it. Learn to notice the narrator, and you've started the real practice.

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