What Is Stoicism?
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Alot of good answers here, but not all are real ELI5.
I am a sub to r/Stoicism, and practice it as much as I am able.
This is what I tell my kids (specifically, the seven year old little girl we are adopting).
“You cannot control what your brother does. So do not worry about what he thinks, about he may say or do. If he is going to do something bad, it is for him to get in trouble, not you.
“If he does something to you, if he makes you get mad, you need to stop and think. You are going to get mad all the time, but you can’t hit everyone who gets you mad. **You** are in control, not the mad. It doesn’t matter how angry you get, don’t let the anger make you do something you will regret. You need to think.
“If you don’t, both of you will be in trouble.”
To rephrase at slightly above ELI7, Stoicism is a philosophy about living a life where you ensure that your thinking mind is always in control; where you know about what you can and cannot control, and do not worry about what you cannot control, but instead deal with what you can. And, most importantly – and challenging – not allowing ones emotions to control ones actions.
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