Epictetus: It is not external events themselves that cause us distress, but the way in…
It is not external events themselves that cause us distress, but the way in which we think about them…It is our attitudes and reactions that give us trouble. We cannot choose our external circumstances, but we can always choose how we respond to them.
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- The level of thinking that got you where you are today, won't get you to the next level called "there". What got you here, won't get you there.
- The way we think, creates an atmosphere over us, that like a magnet, attracts people, situations and circumstances to us, that establish the world around us. Inevitably, what we live in and around, is our own Think Tank.
- Negative people NEGATE themselves from greatness and being the beneficiary of the greatness in others! Be proactively POSITIVE today!
- When I hear somebody sigh, "Life is hard," I am always tempted to ask, "compared to what?
- What you are aware of, you are in control of; what you are not aware of, is in control of you.