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The art is not to ‘not have’ emotions. The art is to acknowledge your emotions and then move forward.
“Choose not to be harmed — and you won’t feel harmed. Don’t feel harmed — and you haven’t been.” — Marcus Aurelius
Nobody owns you. Neither do you own anyone.
Expect less, and you’d get disappointed even lesser.
everything traces its end to ashes.
“Is it even going to matter after a while?”
Past kills you with guilt, and future buries you under the pressure of your unfulfilled dreams. It’s the present that you control. And you tend to overlook the present most of the times.
If you aren’t aware of your needs, you would be wasting a hell lot of time in your life.
Being aware of your strengths can boost up your productivity exponentially.
The first step towards your journey of stoicism is to be aware of yourself.
“External things are not the problem. It’s your assessment of them. Which you can erase when you want, even right now.”
Stoics tell you that the key to sustain is to identify, acknowledge, and ignore the unanswerable questions.
You’ll see, the other person is just trying to be happy. Like you.
This line is plain stupid
