The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holidayby Parker on TwosLife is difficult enough. Let's not make it harder by getting emotional about insignificant matters or digging in for battles we don't actually care about"It is quite impossible to unite happiness with a yearning for what we don't have. Happiness has all that it wants, and resembling the well-fed, there shouldn't be hunger or thirst." - EpictetusEagerly anticipating some future event, passionately imagining something you desire, looking forward to some happy scenario—as pleasurable as these activities might seem, they ruin your chance at happiness here and now