Hey Reader! If we are how we act, then what role do emotions play? Marcus Aurelius would tell you they're just wild horses ready to lead you to ruin. Put a bit in their mouth and rein them in. They'll break eventually, and then you can be your own master. But, in my experience, violent repression leads to eventual disruption. Far better, then, to ride the tides of ebb and flow. Everything reverts to the mean Ten years ago, I was drowning. I couldn't catch a breath without sobbing. My role as...