5 — They accept everything that happens.
People who don’t practice Stoicism are always upset with their current situation. They think the weather is too hot, or too cold .Or when the store is out of something they wanted to buy. Every small first-world problem turns into a crisis that they feel sorry for themselves over.
The Stoic, accepts things exactly as they are. They know there is no possible way things could be different than they are at this very moment. Why get upset over it? The weather is what the weather is. They put their focus on how they can influence the future and accept the present moment, just as it is.
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