Peace of mind arrives the moment you come to peace with the contents of your mind.
If you really want to escape the things that harass you, what you__e needing is not to be in a different place but to be a different person.
Letters from a Stoic
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If you really want to escape the things that harass you, what you__e needing is not to be in a different place but to be a different person.
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