Handbook of Epictetus: Take a Chill Pill (11-20)

As much as I disagree with Epictetus that you should expect the worst from everyone and everything, I do agree with him that you should welcome everything as it comes. I think they should publish this handbook and put it up to sale everywhere in the big cities, because it is usually the hectic modern people who need this kind of advise the most. It is easy to read and doesn't take very long, but it says a lot and leaves behind plenty to think about.
"It is better to die of hunger with distress and fear gone than to live upset in the midst of plenty" (Epictetus 8) Epictetus talks about something many people suffer from nowadays. Since we have been taught that money solves any issue we might have then we gather it like there's is nothing else to live for. My own daddy has fallen for this: he has a beautiful house with a beautiful dog and a beautiful, smart and charming daughter, but he still is not satisfied. He wants boats and motorcycles and cars and many other big-boy toys he doesn't need but he think will make him happy at the cost of his current slavery to his company.Like Epictetus claims:"Whoever wants to be free, therefore, let him not want or avoid anything that is up to others" (Epictetus 8) my daddy should take a holiday at the beach and flush his blackberry down the toilet.