 To do this, we need to make ourselves indifferent to all created things, provided the matter is subject to our free choice and there is no other prohibition.Thus, as far as we are concerned, we should not want health more than illness, wealth more than poverty, fame more than disgrace, a-long life more than a short one, and similarly for all the rest, but we should desire and choose only what helps us more towards the end for which we are created.