stoicism is useful to properly function in your life. For example, I was homeless as a teenager. Should I have just laid down and shown my belly to the world,

stoicism is useful to properly function in your life. For example, I was homeless as a teenager. Should I have just laid down and shown my belly to the world, or stand up on my own two feet and move forward with my life? It sucks, but at some point people have to be made of sterner stuff or they'll never accomplish anything. That doesn't mean the bad things that happen are ok, or that they shouldn't deal with them, but if you roll over and show your belly every time something bad happens to you then you're depending on other people for your success.