An idea from Letters from a Stoic

Grief could get hard treatment. A father who lost his little son got a scolding, not comfort, for grieving too openly. Tears that fall on their own were still allowed, and so was keeping the child’s jokes and words in memory.

From Letters from a Stoic by Seneca

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