When we talk about stoic, if we understand the concept, the main words that comes to our mind are: resilience, perseverance, stillness, wisdom, etc. But the main characteristic of a stoic is the Dichotomy Of Control, wich means we have control over some things and not over others.
Starting with that idea we can become more wise in our life, because there are a lot of things we worry about but a lot of them are not in our control, so if we make reflection we would become aware of the things we worry and don't really need that worry...
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