"How appropriate that the gods put under our control only the most powerful ability that governs all the rest-the ability to make the right use of external appearances-and that they didn't put anything else under our control. Was this simply because they weren't willing to give us more? I think if it had been possible they would have given us more, but it was impossible.-EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 1.1.7-8
("신들이 나머지 모든 것을 지배하는 가장 강력한 능력, 즉 외부적 모습을 올바르게 사용하는 능력만 우리의 통제하에 두고 다른 어떤 것도 우리의 통제하에 두지 않은 것은 얼마나 적절한가. 단순히 신들이 우리에게 더 많은 것을 주고 싶지 않았기 때문일까요? 가능했다면 우리에게 더 많은 것을 줄 수 있었겠지만 불가능했습니다." -에픽테토스, <담화록>, 1.1.7-8)
We could look at the upcoming day and despair at all the things we don't control: other people, our health, the temperature, the outcome of a project once it leaves our hands.
Or we could look out at that very same day and rejoice at the one thing we...
