We suffer because of ideas, not because of reality.

'We suffer because of ideas, not because of reality. '

This is a sentence that an ancient philosopher named Epictetus once said. This is a short sentence, but it is very impatient.

Listen, it might be confusing at first, right? But think about it, let's say it's raining so hard today...The only reality is that there is a fall from the sky.

But the thing that afflicts us is not the rainwater itself, it is the 'idea' in our head. Some people think, 'Why is this kind of shit? The car must be stuck. The work must be broken.' This is how you are suffering. But at the same time, the person who sells the umbrella or who wants to sleep at home, he looks at the same rain and is happy.

See, the environment is exactly the same, but suffering is caused by the way we filter the story in our heads.

Most people in this day and age are not physically tired, but we are sick because we are so tired of 'imagining suffering in advance' that our girlfriend is not unfaithful...But we thought that if he was quiet, he would have someone else. Work hasn't started yet...But we thought it would be broken. We were taking the idea to hit our minds with something that had not yet happened.

And sometimes the bad situations we see hurt once, but the repeated thinking in our heads doesn't let go that cuts our hearts hundreds of times.

From now on, when you see something, pull your mind back to the present, distinguish which is the 'real story,' which is the 'story we thought of,' cut off the waste in your brain, and your life will be much lighter. "

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