Nothing is heavy if one accepts it with a light heart. Nothing need provoke one’s anger if one does not add to one’s pile of troubles by getting angry. To have whatsoever he wishes is within no man’s power; it is in his power not to wish for what he has not and cheerfully to employ what comes to him.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Moral Epistles CXXIII (On the Conflict Between Pleasure and VIrtue)
















