hey HC, don't worry about that crap...
how about some quotes from
The Enchiridion by Epictetus:
- Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.
- Don't demand or expect that events happen as you would wish them do. Accept events as they actually happen. That way, peace is possible.
- Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
- Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern and be clear that what belongs to others is their business, and not yours.
- It is not external events themselves that cause us distress, but they way in which
we think about them, our interpretation of their significance. 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.