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Sickness is an impediment to the body, but not to the will, unless the will itself chooses.
Epictetus · Enchiridion · paraphrase
What it means today

The body breaks; the mind, if you let it, does not have to. Even within pain and loss, the deciding self is intact — and the choice of how to face what is happening is yours.

Try this todayWhen you face a physical limit today, ask what the will can still choose, even inside the limit.
Today’s questionWhere am I handing my will to a limitation?
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