If we sit back and think about it, there is very little within our control. There are really only 2 types of control in our lives, internal and external. The things that are within are control are within us, our ability to control our perception and how we choose to react. We cannot control other people’s behaviour, we cannot control the weather or our health. We can only control our choices and how we choose to respond to our situation.

Remember, each individual has a choice. You are always the one in control. The cause of irritation— or our notion that something is bad—that comes from us, from our labels or our expectations. Just as easily, we can change those labels; we can change our entitlement and decide to accept and love what’s happening around us. And this wisdom has been repeated and independently discovered in every century and every country since time began.

• Ryan Holiday – The Daily Stoic