True tranquility comes when we stop resisting what we cannot change. We spend our lives trying to control situations, people, and outcomes, but control is an illusion. Ataraxia is not indifference, it is clarity. It means understanding that peace doesn’t come from avoiding suffering but from accepting it as part of life without letting it consume us.

Mastering emotions doesn’t mean suppressing them, it means understanding them. Letting go of the need for control isn’t surrender, it’s freeing ourselves from pointless battles. When we accept life as it is, without clinging or resisting, we find absolute serenity.