Mihail Pautov argues that each person is responsible for cultivating their own inner well-being. He warns against outsourcing happiness to external possessions and material things, framing existence itself as a gift.
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You are realizing your life is in your hands. Your responsibility is make sure that inside you are always full. No matter what happens on the outside. Nobody can take something away from you. Because the gift that has been given to you is the existence is this lifetime in the first place. We already have been given the greatest gift of everything existence. Now don't let anybody take that away from you. So that means don't outsource the power of having your hands, of having your life in your own hands. Don't outsource this to external circumstances. It's not about how many cars you have. You can have a whole garage full with all the luxury cars. That's not a problem. The problem is how much are you identified with your possessions?