An idea from Letters from a Stoic

Cold, heat, illness and loss come to everyone, like the weather. You cannot change that order, but you can meet it with a steady heart. In the old hymn, the willing soul Fate leads, but the unwilling drags along.

From Letters from a Stoic by Seneca

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