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>Things that don't depend on me... Today I want to start this day with stoicism: "Who believes that external things are good submits to the power of fortune, chance and things that are in his control." This was said by Seneca, and he draws attention to a key theme, especially in this December season where we are very attentive to gifts and material acquisitions. There are things that I have not learned either in classrooms or in books 📚, I have learned them with the apprentices, from the apprentice, and that happens in that circle where the truth is not explained, it is only transmitted. *Because one thing is material goods, what is not visible to the human eye, and other advantages*. Although traditionally when thinking about goods we imagine a piece of real estate, or a valuable possession. For Seneca, goods were really that which could not be taken from you, that is, character and virtue. While the things (goods) were advantages, sumptuary in many cases. If we look at possessions as advantages we will understand their behavior better, since they are subject to the incidence of chance and things external to our control. We can have a house and it burns down, a car and you get hit. That's not entirely up to us What does depend on us is our character. And Seneca as well as the Stoics talked about virtue, and today it may sound corny, but it is nothing other than that which no one can take away from you, that which you cultivated in yourself and that makes it possible for things to go well in your life. In this sense, I have a vision of my world, I have a philosophy of life. I do not refuse to reject the advantages I have, No, on the contrary I always get the best out of them, for example: my new car. The intention is for me to know that I can't depend on that, that before I can really take advantage of my things I need to have a well-structured and reinforced character of self-love, I'm talking about a way of living and being, that allows me to face life. Otherwise I would live whipped by things that do not depend on you. At least I'm the same as always and I want the same thing every day, for example, every morning before I get out of bed I close my eyes for a little while to know that I'm alive (really alive). And one day you realize that the best things in life are not things, that we can be happy with who we are and have. That every internal dialogue is a prophecy. That every sustained thought becomes a path, every path ends up being a habit, and every habit ends up setting your course. Hopefully 2026 will bring us the same things as always in previous years and those that are to come such as: good music, success, prosperity, love, health and wonderful experiences. May we achieve the greatest expression of our potential in all areas of our life 🥳 being aware that always moving forward has a cost. We don't come or go, we just arrive. Feliz día . Janitze 🦋

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