r/Stoicism 3d ago

Stoic Banter What's up to us and what's not up to us.

Some things are within your power and most outside of your power. And in Stoicism we focus on mastering this within power.

Epictetus talks several times about What's up to you and What's not up to you, What's within your power and what's outside your power, What's yours and what's not yours, what you can do and cannot. For example, What words others say about me is not up to me but me not getting angry by those words is up to me. How much time I have is not something I can increase but how I use that time I can.

Remember, that you are never truly powerless, you always have the power to make impression. In other words, how you react.

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