Sheepdog Tip of the Day, Before Combat tip 152
Lowercase stoicism, also defined "indifference to pleasure or pain," has been practiced by warriors for thousands of years to deal with stressful situations. Indifference does not mean that one does not experience pleasure or pain, but is rather the idea of not swinging too wildly in either direction. The idea of ancient Stoicism, which has carried over into present-day "generic" stoicism, is to accept that there are things we cannot control and to strive not be affected by them.
Christopher Brennan, The Combat Position: Achieving Firefighter Readiness
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