It is a school of philosophy founded in Athens around 300 B.C., and focuses on our psychological and emotional control we have on ourselves when faced with life’s different colours.
Stoicism says that the path to happiness is found in accepting the present moment as it is, and not to let our mind, which may desire for pleasure, or might be fearful, to control us. It tells us to go with nature’s plan and treat others right.
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