Epictetus: Remember that it is not he who reviles you or strikes you, who insults you, but…
Remember that it is not he who reviles you or strikes you, who insults you, but it is your opinion about these things as being insulting.
In today’s wordsRemember, it isn't the person who curses or strikes you who insults you; it's your own view of those things as insults.
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- What you repeatedly think about eventually becomes the direction your life moves toward.
- What THINGS mean, that happen in our lives, is the MEANING that we give those things.
- Self-consciousness leads to self-pity. The best prescription for self-pity is to focus on the goodness of God and how to serve others.
- Remember God's job is not to fit into your political box! Don't shrink who God is to your level of thinking and ideologies! (Isaiah 55:8-11)
- Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change.
- Thoughts of doubt and fear never accomplished anything, and never can.