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Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.
Epictetus · Discourses · paraphrase
What it means today

Chasing every want makes you a servant to it. The person who can reduce their desires is free no matter what they have, because nothing outside them holds power over them.

Try this todayPick one want today and deliberately let it go, noticing how your sense of freedom shifts.
Today’s questionAm I satisfying my desires, or controlled by them?
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