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If you set your affection on things outside yourself, then what you have will be at the mercy of whatever others do, and you will be at the mercy of fortune.
Epictetus · Enchiridion · paraphrase
What it means today

The more you love what others can take, the more you are ruled by them. Affection placed inside — in your judgments, in your own conduct — is the only affection that is safe.

Try this todayNotice one attachment today that depends on another person’s cooperation, and quietly loosen it.
Today’s questionWhat am I loving that I cannot protect?
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