Epictetus opens his Enchiridion with a clean line: some things are up to us, and some are not. Your opinions, your effort, your response belong to you. Other people's moods, the weather, the outcome of the day do not. Most of our worry comes from gripping the second list. Today, notice where your hands are. When something lands that you cannot change, you don't have to like it, but you can set it down and turn back to the small, real choices in front of you. That turning is not giving up. It is where your strength actually lives, every time.

Inspired by the old idea of dichotomy of control. Written by Ugo Charles.