To separate in our minds what is within our control and what is not. Focusing on what is within our control and accepting what is not, thereby cultivating inner tranquility.
Stoicism emphasizes the importance of personal virtue, emotional resilience, and understanding the nature of the world through reason, all as means to achieve a content and fulfilled life.
We Control Our Mind Not Outside Events
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“You have control over your mind and not outside events, Realize this and you will find strength.” - Marcus-Aurelius
Link to originalWe don’t control what happens to us, but we do control how we react to it. - Ryan-Holiday
Epictetus starts Enchiridion by stating what we control and what we don't
Epictetus starts his The-Manual-Enchiridion book by
Some things we can control, some we can’t. … What we can control naturally is not governed, restricted or constrained by others; what we can’t control is naturally governed, restricted and constrained by others. - The-Manual-Enchiridion
Happiness is to not be dependant on externals
The essence of philosophy is to not depend on external things for happiness
Link to originalThe essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things. - audio/Epictetus
There is only one way to happiness
Link to originalThere is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will. - Epictetus