No punching, whining, or crying over spilled milk: The ancient ‘Let Them’ wisdom of the Stoics for surviving the election

In February, Donald Robertson was crossing a Montreal street, pushing his one-year-old through the snow in his stroller, when a man banged him hard in his shoulder. “Hey buddy,” Mr. Robertson called out. “What the hell was that about?” The man stopped, looked at him, and punched Mr. Robertson in the jaw.Now, there was a time when Mr. Robertson, 52, would have thrown a fist right back. He’d been an angry, lost teenager. His father died when he was 13, and a bad temper only left him more alone. On his 16th birthday, he was asked to leave school, or face expulsion for fighting and other disruptive behaviour.