Seneca: If trained to do so, they are just as able to…

Endurance is not distributed by gender, job title, or social role. It is trained. People become capable of bearing hard things by bearing hard things, one honest effort at a time. Seneca is pushing against the tendency to underestimate certain people—and, often, ourselves. We say, "She couldn't handle that," or "I'm just not built for this," before testing what courage can grow into. Of course, resilience is not a demand that everyone carry every burden alone. We need support, rest, and help. But support should not become a story that we are permanently fragile. The next hard conversation, rehabilitation session, deadline, or act of grief may be difficult precisely because it matters. Meet it as practice. You do not need to prove you are invulnerable. You only need to discover what you can do with a trained mind.