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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
Seneca · Letters from a Stoic · attribution uncertain
What it means today

Resistance is the gym of character. A life with no friction produces no strength; the hard parts are precisely the training. Welcome difficulty as the work, not a punishment.

Try this todayReframe one hard thing today as training rather than as a problem sent to you.
Today’s questionWhat is this difficulty trying to make stronger in me?
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