Chapter XXXVIII
by Epictetus • Book 37
This chapter helps you approach daily actions with conscious care to protect your inner peace. It guides you to guard your mind just as naturally as you watch your step on a difficult path.
“As in walking you take care not to tread upon a nail, or turn your foot, so likewise take care not to hurt the ruling faculty of your mind.”
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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.