A Guide to the Good Lifeby Parker on Twos”It is impossible that happiness, and yearning for what is not present, should ever be united.” - EpictetusWhile most people seek to gain contentment by changing the world around them, Epictetus advises us to gain contentment by changing ourselves—more precisely, by changing our desires”Some things are up to us and some are not up to us.” - EpictetusWe are behaving foolishly if we spend time worrying about things that are not up to usWe have complete control over our opinions, impulses, desires, and adversionsThe key to having a good life is to value things that are genuinely valuable and to be indifferent to things that lack valueWe are the only ones who can stop ourselves from attaining goodness and integritySet internal goals rather than externalTheir goal was not to change the world, but to do their best to bring about certain changesDo what you can