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The soul is like a body: it becomes what it is exercised in.
Epictetus · Discourses · paraphrase
What it means today

Character is formed by repetition, not by wishing. Whatever the soul practices, the soul becomes. Choose your exercises accordingly.

Try this todayChoose one inner quality to exercise today, and do one repetition of it.
Today’s questionWhat is my soul being trained to become, by what I practice?
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