Zeno of Citium lost everything in a shipwreck: wealth, security, identity.
Most people would call that tragedy.
History calls it the birth of Stoicism.
Stranded in Athens, he discovered philosophy and built an entirely new way of thinking around one radical idea, external events are unpredictable, your response is not.
More than 2,000 years later, Stoicism still resonates because life still breaks people unexpectedly. Careers collapse. Relationships end. Plans fail.
Maybe resilience isn’t about avoiding disaster.
Maybe it’s about transforming through it.
What’s a painful experience that completely changed your perspective on life?
