The Pursuit of True Happiness: Overcoming Fear and Embracing Virtue — Letter 60

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I complain, argue, and get angry. Do you still desire what your nurse, your teacher, and your mother wished for you? Don’t you understand how much harm parents do when they pray for their children’s success? How harmful the misguided good wishes of those closest to us can be! They love us, but they don’t know how to love wisely.