What a coincidence!

“Set aside a certain number of days, during which you shall be content with the scantiest and cheapest fare, with coarse and rough dress, saying to yourself the while: “Is this the condition that I feared?”. It is precisely in times of immunity from care that the soul should toughen itself beforehand for occasions of greater stress”
The Happiness Paradox Rooted in Ancient Philosophy: Voluntary Hardship
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Alen Bašić
Neeramitra Reddy
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Feb 26, 2021
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What a coincidence! I remember reading and pondering over this very passage when I was reading letters from a stoic a few days back
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