sto·i·cism
ˈstōəˌsizəm/
noun
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The endurance of pain or hardship without a display of feelings and without complaint.
synonyms: patience, forbearance, resignation, fortitude, endurance, acceptance, tolerance, phlegm “she accepted her sufferings with remarkable stoicism”an ancient Greek school of philosophy founded at Athens by Zeno of Citium. The school taught that virtue, the highest good, is based on knowledge, and that the wise live in harmony with the divine Reason (also identified with Fate and Providence) that governs nature, and are indifferent to the vicissitudes of fortune and to pleasure and pain.
To quote M. Scott Peck from his book The Road Less Traveled: “Life is difficult. This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it. Once we truly know that life is difficult-once we truly understand and accept it-then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters.”
There is not much for me to add to this. I think I will just sit here and ponder it for a while.
That’s one of the biggest victories in humanity, in my opinion. The moment we accept our challenges or sufferings, look at them objectively, then make necessary changes where we can, learn from whatever the situation is where we can, then we would have victory one way or another and overcome whatever situation one way or another. Keep writing. It helps.