“You have power over your mind — not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”

— Marcus Aurelius

It’s true, in the following sense: You survive and flourish in life with the use of your mind. Anything you DO control is because of the thinking and focusing you employ in bringing about the desired result.

It’s probably true that we do not control most things. But of the things we do control, we do so with our chief tool of survival: our own reasoning, thinking minds.

Michael J. Hurd, Daily Dose of Reason