Nora Ephron once told Vanity Fair that on her deathbed Ephron's writer-mother said, "'No matter what happens, it's all copy."
When troubles beset you, are you able to say the same thing?
Historians Rob Goodman and Jimmy Soni recently told readers of Forbes the world is ready for a return to Stoicism, the philosophy practiced by ancient Romans.
"Stoicism tells us that no happiness can be secure if it's rooted in changeable, destructible things," the historians wrote.
"Our bank accounts can grow or shrink, our careers can prosper or falter, even our loved ones can be taken from us. There is only one place the world can't touch: our inner selves."
While the world might rob us of everything, the Stoic calmly says, "It's all copy."
"Stoicism teaches us that, before we try to control events, we have to control ourselves first. Our attempts to exert influence on the world are subject to chance, disappointment, and failure—but control of the self is the only kind that can succeed 100 percent of the time."
Got Stoicism?
It's. All. Copy.
