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A MEDITATION

“ There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.

— Epictetus

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On control

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A reflection

Happiness has exactly one route, and it runs through the unglamorous door marked 'stop worrying about what you can't control.' You can decorate the route however you like — the door is still the door.

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