If you’re upset by something outside you, it’s not the thing itself that upsets you, but your opinion of it. And it’s in your power to wipe away that opinion immediately. If your own thoughts are causing you pain, who’s keeping you from changing them? Or, do you feel ashamed because you aren’t doing what you know you ought to be doing? Then do it. Is there an obstacle blocking your way? Make it part of your plan and turn it to your advantage. But what if it kills you? Then you’ll leave this world contentedly, as someone who pursued a worthy goal to the end—not as a coward who gave up and
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