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When you are faced with a problem, consider whether it is a small thing or a great thing. Most of our problems are small things.
Epictetus · Discourses · paraphrase
What it means today

The mind inflates troubles. Most things that wake us at night shrink back to size by morning. A real problem is rare; a real catastrophe is rarer still.

Try this todayTake one worry today and ask, soberly: how big will this be in a year?
Today’s questionHow big is this problem really, in proportion to my whole life?
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