The Manual: 21st Century Edition

by Epictetus

Within your power are your opinions, desires (the things you pursue), aversions (the things you avoid), and how you treat other people. In sum, your own thoughts and actions. Beyond your power are the thoughts and actions of others, your family and nationality, the physical characteristics you were born with, and all that fate may give or take from you.

Remember that your thoughts are not facts; they’re interpretations