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That man is happiest, and is secure in his own possession of himself, who can await the morrow without apprehension.
Seneca
Moral Letters to Lucilius, Letter 12.9, c. 63 AD
Translated by Richard M. Gummere · Stoic philosophy
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Following his counsel on living each day as complete in itself, Seneca describes the inner state of the man who has done it: groundedness. He is not anxious about tomorrow because today was enough.

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