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There is no place for fear in a place where one is not master of oneself.
Seneca · Letters from a Stoic · paraphrase
What it means today

Fear and self-mastery cannot share a roof. The person who has arranged their inner life can face the outside without panic, because they are not relying on outside to be okay.

Try this todayWhen fear rises, ask: which part of me is unmoved, even in this?
Today’s questionWhere is my fear coming from — what is happening, or how I am holding it?
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