I'm Stupid?

I agree with one part of these next ten sections because Epictetus talks about not being selfish. "You are foolish if you want your children and your wife and your friends to live forever, since you are wanting things to be up to you that are not up to you, and things to be yours that are not yours" (15) I agree with this idea because in my mind set, it's completely true. You can't not accept that your friends and family are going to die. Everyone dies, so you must accept it. Your friends and family are not your property, and since this is true, you can not control them. Since you can't control them, you can't not want them to get away from you, or die. "You are stupid in the same way if you want your slave boy to be faultless, since you are wanting badness not to be badness but something else." (15) This is the next sentence after the previous one, and I also agree with it. Everyone is born differently. Some parents think that there children have to be perfect, and not do anything wrong, but I beg to differ. Every single person has a different attitude; some that make trouble, and some that don't. Having a parent who hides or ignores the fact that you are of the ones that makes trouble is stupid. I don't think that people who are troublesome are not as good as people who don't, it's just another way of living your life and having a different person. I mean how boring would it be to live in a world where everything is perfect? I like troublesome people, and I want them to stay in this world.