Time for some #porchtime with @IronButterfly. She works, I write and enjoy my favorite #cigars, and we both have hot tea in our stay warm mugs, enjoy the fresh air, quiet, and sunshine. ☀️ It's a beautiful day today.
Celebrate all the good. Embrace the light. Find strength, joy, and peace in your loved ones. Don't let any day go by without gratitude.
When Epictetus talks about how every situation has two handles, this is what he means. You can decide to grab onto anger or appreciation. You can pick up the handle of resentment or of gratitude. You can look at the obstacle or get a little closer and see the opportunity.
"It is not that we have a short space of time, but that we waste much of it." - Seneca
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘮𝘦. 𝘕𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘶𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴. 𝘕𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮. 𝘞𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘵, 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴, 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘩, 𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳. 𝘛𝘰 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭. 𝘛𝘰 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘮: 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭. - Marcus Aurelius
𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧: 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘐 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭, 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘵, 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘫𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘭𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘸𝘯 - 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘦.
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