This is why it's silly to say, "Give me advice on what to do." What advice should I give you? "Train your mind to handle whatever happens." That's like someone who can't read saying, "Tell me what to write when someone gives me any name." If I tell him to write "Dion," then someone else comes and asks him to write "Theon" instead — what's he going to do? But if you've practiced writing, you're ready to write anything required. If you haven't, what can I possibly suggest? If the situation calls for something else, what will you say or do? Remember this basic rule and you won't need suggestions. But if you chase after external things, you'll have to run around obeying whoever controls them. And who's the master? Whoever has power over the things you're trying to get or avoid.
For this reason also it is ridiculous to say, Suggest something to me (tell me what to do). What should I suggest to you? Well, form my mind so as to accommodate itself to any event. Why that is just the same as if a man who is ignorant of letters should say, Tell me what to write when any name is proposed to me. For if I should tell him to write Dion, and then another should come and propose to him not the name of Dion but that of Theon, what will be done? what will he write? But if you have practised writing, you are also prepared to write (or to do) anything that is required. If you are not, what can I now suggest? For if circumstances require something else, what will you say, or what will you do? Remember then this general precept and you will need no suggestion. But if you gape after externals, you must of necessity ramble up and down in obedience to the will of your master. And who is the master? He who has the power over the things which you seek to gain or try to avoid.