Epictetus tersely noted the central features of a life lived according to nature in his Encheiridion (Manual) that ...the key is to understand how little of what happens is within our control, and stoicism earns its reputation as a stern way of life with recommendations that we accept whatever fate brings us without complaint, concern, or feeling of any kind. Since family, friends, and material goods are all perishable... we ought never to become attached to them. Instead, we treat everything and everyone we encounter in life as a temporary blessing (or curse), knowing that they will all pass away from us naturally.
Epictetus and the Stoics
does nothing matter...?
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