To be the master of yourself means choosing your response. It means rising above the urge to lash out, give in, delay.

You want to improve? To be better, wiser, stronger? Then get ready to be judged. To be doubted. To be seen as awkward, slow, or strange.

Freedom doesn’t mean floating through life untouched. It means walking through the world with unshakable peace, because your self-worth is built on something stable.

What happened is already gone. What remains is your response.