"Be like the headland, on which the waves break constantly, which still stands firm, while the
foaming waters are put to rest around it. ‘It is my bad luck that this has happened to me.’ On the
contrary, say, ‘It is my good luck that, although this has happened to me, I can bear it without
getting upset, neither crushed by the present nor afraid of the future.’ This kind of event could have happened to anyone, but not everyone would have borne it without getting upset."
~ Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 4.49
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