STOICISM
Stoicism was a concept formulated by the Greek philosopher, Zeno of Citium in the early 3rd century B.C. in the Hellenistic period.It was designed to help people live their best possible lives. Someone who is Stoic simply tries to get rid of the bad feelings (like anger, fear and anxiety) and grow the good feelings (like happiness, love and thankfulness).
The basic concept of Stoicism revolves around 3 major ideas:
- View yourself and the world with its people objectively and accept their nature as they are.
- Discipline your mind to prevent yourself from being controlled by pleasure or pain.
- Realize what is within your power and what is not. And then act on those factors under your power and leave those beyond your control.