Today's Meditation(s): The Pocket Thich Nhat Hanh (ed. by Melvin McLeod), Weathering Strong Emotions I try to exemplify Stoic teachings for my kids, though I'm not nearly as successful as I wish I were. Beyond showing, when I try to talk with them about Stoicism, they sometimes offer the same pushback many others do when initially evaluating Stoic methods: they fear that not giving in to their emotions means never having any joy or happiness. Why (how) can a Stoic love someone without emotions? Is it really love if, when they hurt me, I don't wail and weep and rend my sackcloth? How can I be happy without emotions? Happy is an emotion, right? Gotcha! How can life without emotions have value? Only transcendent joy can motivate me! It seems that people are afraid that life would become an endless, boring grey slog, empty of everything other than some weird, never-ending meh . While not painful per se , it turns out to be worthless because giving up...