Enchiridion 43 is a classic passage in Stoic readings that looks at how you behave in a situation. There are different viewpoints of a situation. Where does your focus lie?

Analyze a situation and decide a course of action. Getting angry or frustrated does not help. Do you want to preserve relationships or remedy situations? You do have a choice.

You may feel there is only one option. We do have a choice where to place our focus. There is always an option b. It is like the proverbial fork in the road that we have to choose.

In this chapter Epictetus states that everything has two handles. But is it not possible that there are more than two handles in this metaphor? If so how co you choose?