About This Quote
This quote by Marcus Aurelius, who was a stoic philosopher, is about the part of our lives that we’re not in control of. Some say it’s up to God to determine if we will be happy or sad, but the truth is that both happiness and sadness are determined by our decisions. We can choose to make our lives miserable or we can choose to make them happy. But the truth is that nobody else has any control over what happens to us.
We can’t control whether our parents love us, whether our job pays the rent, or whether we live long enough to do something great with our lives. And we can’t control what happens after we die.
Source: The Prince
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