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Do not set your heart on what fortune can take away.
Seneca · Letters from a Stoic · paraphrase
What it means today

Whatever fortune gives, fortune can take. Love it, use it, enjoy it — but do not set your identity on it, because it is on loan.

Try this todayHold one good thing lightly today, as a loan, not a possession.
Today’s questionWhat am I setting my heart on, that is not truly mine?
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