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Stoic Principles That Have Changed My Life The Most
What the stoics knew about wresting a good life from hard times.
I’ve been practising Stoicism for over three years. It’s helping me detach from the drama of the mind. I use it to be more conscious of what I think, say and do. Adversity comes in waves — sometimes small, sometimes massive. But I’ve found a way to pull something valuable from it: lessons for life. I extract happiness not from avoiding adversity but from harvesting wisdom from them. Because I know that, in the end, it’s not what happens to me — it’s what I do with it.
The key to this mindset is Stoicism.
It’s not just a philosophy; it’s a way of thinking that transforms how you face the hardest parts of life. Applying Stoicism is mostly about choosing how I respond, finding gratitude, and being conscious of what I control. I don’t wait for life to hand me inner peace.
I aim to create my own peace, no matter the obstacle. Happiness, for me, comes from knowing that I can face anything in life from a calm and “lesson learned,” perspective. Stoicism gives me tools to turn that struggle into something valuable. It’s like alchemy — turning adversity into growth, pain into wisdom. Stoic philosopher Epictetus said, “Men are disturbed not by things, but by the views they take of…
