How the mind conducts itself. It all depends on that. All the rest is within its power, or beyond its control—corpses and smoke.
Meditations, 12:33.
All.
Stay with God. Stay in the now. However you’re going to describe it.
That’s within my control.
See the out-of-my-control boundary. Remember it and observe without judgment. It’s all out of my control.
This is an exhortation to self. I like that word (exhortation), which I used to mean impassioned encouragement to action.