What Is Stoicism?
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A long time ago, a guy in Greece (shows you where Greece is on the map, because you’re 5 y.o.) had too much time to think, so he thought up a new set of rules for looking at life. This is called a philosophy. He didn’t just make this up out of thin air though, because he had another philosophy to draw inspiration from at the time, called Cynicism.
In Cynicism, you’re taught to expect the worst, so you’ll never be unhappy. Stoicism tweaked this and teaches to accept that things happen regardless of how you feel about them. Therefore, it makes sense to not let your feelings get out of control and affect the way you think, because that might cause you to do silly things.
Unfortunately in modern times people have reduced this teaching to mean; “be emotionless, indifferent, or apathetic”. There is a lot more to Stoicism than that.
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