http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/the-big-ideas/topics/epictetus-epictetus-amp-choices en-us 60 <p align="center"><em>&quot;We cannot choose our external circumstances, but we can always choose how we respond to them.&quot;</em></p><p align="center">~ Epictetus</p><p align="center">from <em>The Enchiridion</em></p><p>That's a (very) powerful statement. (From a former Greek slave, btw.)</p><p>ALL the great teachers remind us that the only thing we can ever truly control is our <em>response </em>to a situation.</p><p>May we all choose those responses wisely.</p> Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:43:19 -0000 forums.thinkarete.com:503:381:381 brian http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/503/topics/381