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Big idea 3 

Don’t worry about things you don’t control 

There is only one way to be happy. Keep this thought ready for use morning, noon and night. Give up the desire for things not under your control. 

Epictetus, Discourses IV.4.39 (Chuck Chakrapani. Stoic Freedom, Ch. 4) 

Different ways to define happiness 

Disclosure 

THE STOIC online magazine is distributed free. The costs associated with it are 100% underwritten by the publisher, The Stoic Gym, and the personal resources of the Editor, Dr. Chuck Chakrapani. The Stoic Gym neither solicits nor accepts donations. The expenses incurred are mostly subsidized by the revenues associated with the sale of books. 

1 - What if my leg is crippled? Do you want to blame the universe for it? Epictetus, D1.12

Attachment to external things makes you a slave