Chapter XXII
by Epictetus • Book 22
This chapter helps you release the crippling fear of what others think when you try to better your life. It gives you the inner resilience to stand firm in your personal growth despite external ridicule.
“For remember that, if you are persistent, those very persons who at first ridiculed will afterwards admire you.”
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This chapter helps you reclaim your inner peace by distinguishing clearly between what is within your power and what lies completely outside of it. By releasing your attachment to uncontrollable outcomes, you liberate yourself from unnecessary distress and helplessness.
Chapter II
This chapter helps you release the agonizing urge to control outcomes beyond your reach, such as illness, loss, or hardship. By gently withdrawing your attachments and fears from external circumstances, you protect your inner peace from chronic disappointment.