Enchirdion 5: Nothing can harm you without your permission
August 28, 2021•74 words
Things do not hurt us, only our judgement of things can. Even death should not hurt us, as just as we were nothing before, so too shall we be nothing again. The time you had on Earth was wholly your own but it is nothing in the grand scheme of things. You are not so special. Like everyone, you will eventually die. If not today, then another day, but really, what is the difference?