You Have Power Over Your Mind
“You have power over your mind—not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” — Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius wrote those words in Meditations nearly two thousand years ago, but they strike just as hard today. The emperor wasn’t giving some abstract lesson from a throne; he was reminding himself, in the middle of war and politics, that control is an illusion outside the walls of our own mind. The only real power we hold is over our judgments, our choices, and our attitudes.