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Apr 2020
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You Don’t Control When, You Do Control H...

Daily Stoic | Wondery
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As we’ve discussed, one could look out at the world right now and see a lot of negative. Or you could grab the other handle, as Epictetus says, and see the positive. It’s an open question: Is this a great time to be alive or a terrible one? Are we blessed to have spent twenty years without any major wars, without any truly global crises, with sustained perio ... Show More
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