जातस्य हि ध्रुवो मृत्युर्ध्रुवं जन्म मृतस्य च । तस्मादपरिहार्येऽर्थे न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि ॥
Translation
Death is certain for the one who is born, and birth is certain for the one who dies. So you should not grieve over what cannot be avoided.
Explanation
There's a useful distinction hiding in this verse between grief over what's genuinely unavoidable and grief over what still has room to change. Sorting a difficulty into one category or the other doesn't remove the feeling, but it does change what kind of response actually makes sense.
Reflect
Is today's worry about something that can still be changed, or something that has already been decided?
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