Enchiridion
Is the problem bothering me right now something I can control, or something beyond my control?
📝ONGO's Reflection
The writings of Epictetus, a philosopher born into slavery, are cold yet astonishingly practical. His message is simple: the suffering of the world springs from the folly of trying to bend to our will what was never ours to command. Other people's judgments, the weather, illness—these lie outside my control. Only my own thoughts and responses lie within it. When the weight of life presses the breath out of me, this book is a powerful antidote that lets me shake off, in a single motion, all the useless burdens bearing down on my shoulders.
"Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them."Epictetus, Enchiridion
"사람들을 불안하게 하는 것은 사물 자체가 아니라, 그 사물에 대한 사람들의 판단이다."
🌱Apply It Today
When something stresses you today, first ask yourself whether it lies within your control or outside it. If it is beyond your control, practice boldly letting it go.
