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We are responsible for our feelings

Blaming others is senseless; we must take responsibility and control of our mental state.

No one makes us feel anything, we decide how we feel; no one can hurt us, we decide to feel hurt or not.

The only person responsible for our feelings is oneself.

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Find a balance between

Avoiding things that trigger you, taking care of your mind and what is ingested by it; mental Peace.

Addressing them, getting deep into your routes, and solving the existencial problems that may exist in your mind; prospering.

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"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts."

MARCUS AURELIUS

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Take care of your mind

Manage carefully what enters to your mind, who you spend your time with, what comes out of your mouth, what type of content you watch, what kind of activities you do.

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Say to yourself in the early morning

I shall meet today ungrateful, violent, treacherous, envious, uncharitable people. All of these things have come upon them through ignorance of real good and ill... I can neither be harmed by any of them, for no man will involve me in wrong, nor can I be angry with my kinsman or hate him.

I...

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“You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this and you will find strength.”

MARCUS AURELIUS

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Arrogance, envy & admiration

Stoicism is not about being arrogant; it is not about telling everyone that you are better than them, it is not about comparing yourself to others with the goal of feeling better than them, making them less.

Stoicism is about being humble; it is about comparing yourself to others making use...

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Learn to differentiate between:

• The things you can control: Opinion, pursuit, desire, aversion, and in a word, whatever are our own actions.

• The things you cannot control: Body, property, reputation, command, and in one word, whatever are not our own actions.

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"The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts."

MARCUS AURELIUS

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Strengthen your mind

Use daily stuff to strengthen your mind, see every aversion as a challenge, as an opportunity to rise and make your mind stronger.

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Rancor is not the way

There is no point in being angry at people that do not know any better. There is no point in being angry at nature; it is what it is. Being resentful about the things that are beyond our control is pointless.

Instead, what we can do is accepting the things we cannot change and keep our own ...

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Negative feelings are very powerful and harder to question: we identify with them effortlessly. “I feel it, so it must be true” is often our default setting.

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When We Identify With Our Job

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Responsibility And Fault: The Blame Game

Just like a judge did not commit the crime, but is still responsible for the crime/lawsuit and what to do with the case, we are also responsible for many things that are not our fault or our choice. Fault may or may not be there, but it is the past, and the present is the responsibility.

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