"See things for what they are:
Open your eyes: See things for what they really are, thereby sparing yourself the pain of false attachments and avoidable devastation.
When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it; you can either accept it or resent it.
What really frightens and dismays us is not external events themselves, but the way in which we think about them. It is not things that disturb us, but our interpretation of their significance."

Epictetus no Katriiin