Everything in your life that is positive, must always be accompanied by the acknowledgement of its nature. There is no doubt that negative situations will occur. A loved one might leave you, your car might get stolen, you could go to prison, however, that is okay. He writes “men are not disturbed by the things which happen, but by opinions about the things (Sources of Western Society, v.1, 65). Life is filled with misfortune, the important thing to remember is that you’re going to get through it. An individual’s task when faced with adversity is to remain undisturbed. Additionally, one should never blame others for their misfortune since it is always the result of our own points of view. Moreover, the Stoics taught that emotions are the results of destructive errors of judgment. They declared that our expectations were incorrect, and that we should live in accordance to reality. To the Stoics, a good mental state is determined by its capacity of reason and rationale. However, this doesn’t mean to rule out emotions