I first found Stoic philosophy through a friend around 2 years ago when I was in deep depression and my life was almost at the ending spot. The first thing that stood out was its honesty and practicality for everyday life. With a focus on dealing with hardship, taking personal responsibility, and reducing stress and suffering. My collection of books increased by number of “self-help” books that promised happiness, confidence, peace of mind, but to be honest most of them were useless. However, in Stoicism and the stoic philosophers, a 2000 year old philosophy that added more value to my life than all of the other books and their combined pages. Since then, it is part of my foundation of my personal philosophy I use day to day. Stoicism Stoicism is basically a school of ancient philosophy about life. A school of Hellenistic philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium in Athens in the early 3rd century BC. It is a philosophy of personal ethics informed by its system o