What Can ‘You’ Control?

 Our conditioning in the current culture tries to convince us that we can and should try to control everything. Our devices seem to allow us to completely do almost anything with a click or a swipe.

But then a great macro event, like the pandemic or a natural disaster, can suddenly take place, and we are in awe of an environment in which we exist that is obviously far beyond our control.

Yes, we can also control our reactions to an event but Epictetus’ advice is more specific – speaks of having the will to control certain things but not others.

We seem to exist as a body with certain abilities and a mind that purports to be an “I”....<<<Read More>>>...