9. The Body Can Be Blocked, Not the Choice

What can block your body cannot block your choice. Epictetus keeps sliding a wedge between the two.

Sickness is a block to the body, not to your power of choice, unless your choice gives in to it. A limp is a block to the leg, not to your power of choice.

Say this to yourself about everything that happens.

You will find it to be a block to something else, but not to you.

What this means. Your body can be hurt. Your choice can stay your own. Keep the two sorted out, and most events lose their grip on you.