She had no personal bitterness or resentments about life--twice satisfactorily married and twice widowed, her cheerful stoicism had each time deepened.
And I would encourage you to think about stoicism a little bit differently, as an operating system for thriving in high-stress environments, for making better decisions.
The philosophy of stoicism is a very useful school of thought to refer to and draw from when considering these concepts—simplifying one's life and using one's time well.
If my judges knew the strength of its seduction, the heroic efforts I made after stoicism, the repressed desires of my long resistance, they would pardon my final overthrow.