Stoicism has gotten a bad rap. People think of the Stoics as emotionless beings — as grim, wooden individuals whose goal in life was to stand mutely and take whatever life could throw at them. As we saw in my previous post, though, this perception is quite mistaken. When we read about the Stoics or read their works, what we encounter are individuals who can best be described as cheerful. They were very good at finding life's sources of delight and savoring them to the fullest. They had friends and spouses. They were loved and in turn requited the love
