Jemma Spike

Instead of trying to drastically change it,

there is a real deep sense of acceptance.

One particularly influential Stoic, his name was Epictetus, he has a very famous quote about this where he basically says, we don't suffer from what is actually happening in our lives, we suffer because of how we interpret what is happening in our lives.

Basically, it is our judgment of things that are happening that makes us suffer.

And

And we can change that judgment.

We can change that interpretation so that we suffer less.

In this way, stoicism basically says we can only control our own behavior and our own sense of self, our own way of acting.

And if you're going to choose a way of acting, you should aim to be kind.

You should aim to be tolerant.

You should aim to be a self-controlled individual.

Those are the most prized attributes of all.

And through that, you gain a lot of peace and clarity.

to be that kind of person, you have to balance these four core attributes that we spoke about before.

So wisdom, courage, justice, and temperance.

Wisdom, and this is very core to stoicism, these are like the four things that you really should be.

Wisdom is the ability to see what is good, bad, neutral, and to be able to

question things as well, and explore how things are in the world.

Courage is the ability to face hard things and to be okay with discomfort.

It's the ability to be okay that life is sometimes suffering.