“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.”
Epicurus
Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about something you enjoy today that you’d never dreamed possible.
Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist’s desire for something s/he doesn’t have spoils your protagonist’s joy of something precious s/he does have.
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