That's one of the founding principles of stoicism[0], as I understand it. The general idea is to change your emotions about external events, since you can't ch

That's one of the founding principles of stoicism[0], as I understand it. The general idea is to change your emotions about external events, since you can't change the events themselves. I'm told it's rather helpful for POWs. [0]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoicism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoicism