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CaliforniaPeggy

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8. Mine is Epictetus. Not sure of the spelling.

Fri Jun 12, 2020, 07:03 AM

Jun 2020

He was a Stoic. Their basic message: There are things you have control over, and things you don't. Don't worry about the stuff you can't control.

I have tried to live my life this way; it saves a lot of grief.

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