Agreed. I do not have a very strong understanding or experience with stoicism, but I never really considered stoicism to be some kind of resignation to your fat

Agreed. I do not have a very strong understanding or experience with stoicism, but I never really considered stoicism to be some kind of resignation to your fate just because you can't control it. It is to actively embrace it and remind yourself that when you have successes or failures, those things were sort of "part of the plan" and you know the best thing is to trek on. I don't necessarily even think that an "unsuccessful" person would accept themselves as an unsuccessful person, but just know that they are on a path they cannot see, but trust that what they are going through is net positive for society, the world, etc.