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Ask not that events should happen as you will, but let your will be that events should happen as they do, and you shall have peace.
Epictetus · Enchiridion · paraphrase
What it means today

Peace is not getting your way; it is aligning your will with what is. Stop demanding a different reality, and the fight stops — because there is no longer anything to fight.

Try this todayWhere you keep wishing things were different today, practice wishing they were as they are.
Today’s questionWhat demand am I making of reality, that I could release?
#acceptance#peace#will
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