“But I haven’t at any time been hindered in my will, nor forced against it. And how is this possible? I have bound up my choice to act with the will of God. God wills that I be sick, such is my will. He wills that I should choose something, so do I. He wills that I reach for something, or something be given to me—I wish for the same. What God doesn’t will, I do not wish for.” - Epictetus

We prepare, we plan, we hone our skills with practice, and yet somehow we still cannot fully control outcomes.

Whether by god or the result of the impossible complexity and interconnectedness of reality, no matter how much we try, we are not solely in control of our fate.

No one makes things happen alone. We rely on each other more than we’d like to admit. And ultimately many things are completely out of anyones control.

Bitcoin is an amalgamation of individual decisions, interdependencies, and randomness. It works not by our will but by rules independent of any one person’s ambition.

Do not distress when the world goes against your desire or intuition. If you expect only the present as it comes, you will not be disappointed.