The Art of Forgiveness

The Stoics like to use the metaphor of fire. Marcus would now forgive essentially everyone involved. He'd be a better person, a better leader for it. Not everyone looks at obstacles and sees a reason to despair. In fact, they see a problem with a ready solution. Nothing stands in their way, rather everything guides them on the way. There is no special school that these individuals attended,. aside from, for many, a familiarity with the ancient wisdom of stoicism. The philosopher and writer Naseem Nicholas Taleb defined the stoic as someone who transforms fear into prudence, pain into transformation - Margaret Thatcher didn't become known as the Iron Lady until she was 60 years old