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“We are more frightened than hurt; and we suffer more in imagination than in reality.”
Seneca · Letters from a Stoic
What it means today

The mind rehearses disasters that rarely come. The pain we actually feel is usually far less than the pain we anticipated. Trust reality over imagination.

Try this todayCompare one fear against the reality of it, and see which is bigger.
Today’s questionHow much of my suffering is real, and how much is imagined?
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