The Stoic Virtue of Sergio Romo

At the very center of Stoic philosophy lies the notion that the happiness of the individual is incumbent not upon the circumstances surrounding that individual, but rather on the individual’s capacity for bringing his will in line with nature — of concerning himself, that is, only with that which is within his control.

While this concept is largely foreign to moderns, there are still those who find within the precepts of Stoicism a key to the secret of a happiness most elusive.

Among that minority is San Francisco’s talented right-handed reliever Sergio Romo. Romo, well-versed in the work of Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius both, has reached a point now, by virtue of his spiritual fitness, where he is capable of retaining an inner tranquility under even the most fraught circumstances.

At the DMV, for example:

Or with Dane Cook leering irksomely over his shoulder:

And even in the confines of a Walker Evans’ Depression-era shack:

In conclusion, Sergio Romo.