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Old Apr 26, 2023, 06:10 PM
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Originally Posted by will19 View Post
That's a nice quote from Senecca and I feel it's true. It's hard to not worry about the future. It's easy to come up with cleaver quotes and cliches than to put worrying away. It's a crazy world out there lately, but even if the world's not crazy, life can still be difficult at times. I know I'm a "the glass is half empty" guy than the opposite of that. Thank you for replying to me.

I want to point out that you saying "it's easier to come up with clever quotes and cliches than to put worry away" in response to a quotation from me sounds like you are belittling my response, not thanking me. I hope this was not your intent.

I don't "come up with clever quotes and cliches." I am studying Stoicism and Senecca is a major Stoic figure. I think the thing about quotes (as opposed to cliches) is that they often succintly encapsulate something we know to be true but have not put into words ourselves.

And as I indicated, I struggle with worry myself. It helps me to think of how people I admire dealt with worry.



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