What Does Stoicism Really Mean?

Stoicism boils down to being able to differentiate between what's within your and what's outside your control. As long as you focus on things that are within your control, there is nothing to be anxious about. You really carry very high level of self esteem when you are only focused on things that were within your control because you know you can act on them. A person with low self esteem constantly worries about the conditions outside - they feel like a victim in their own life. While a person with high self esteem obsesses about what is precisely within their control,. What they can act upon and what they can do.