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"If you are pained by external things, it is not they that disturb you, but your own judgment of them. And it is in your power to wipe out that judgment now." - Marcus Aurelius
We always look for external factors when researching stress. I’m here to tell you they are largely irrelevant, with a small caveat that I’ll get to at the end. Yet, this is where we always look for solutions, isn’t it?
Imagine one hundred people in any specific situation.
Whatever it is, a job, financial situation, relationship, part of town, country, jail, physical trait, health issue, anything.
Would all of these people experience the same situation in the same way? No, right?
Some people would find it stressful, and others wouldn’t.
Some people would be happy, others miserable.
Some would thrive in that role, and others would suffer.
Some would focus on the good, others on the bad.
Some would find it a mere inconvenience, others the end of the world.
There would be at least a few different groups within any given situation regarding how they perceive it. That is an important realization.
"Man is not affected by events but by the view he takes of them." - Epictetus
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