Epicurianis vs. Stoicism

Although both Epicureanism and Stoicism both have important ideas to offer and some good practices which should be brought into our everyday lives, I see Stoicism as a philosophy of life avoidance. I do not believe that there is one person ever that has not felt emotions which the Stoic philosophy seems to condemn. There was never a person who did not at least feel a small twinge of regret at having lost something or remorse for having done something because the people that seems to be true stoics merely exists in Hollywood films and ancient myths. I believe that even if you are looking at something in the best of lights, there is no way to block out the feelings which human nature provides. How can everything always happen for the best when so many things are wrong? How can genocide be for the best? How can a plane crash be for the best? How can a war be for the best? It makes no sense to me, because you can rationalize it any way you want but the fact is that bad things happen and they are not always for a good reason. Passion and emotion are important traits that make humans what we are. If we were to erase emotion then we couldn’t say that we are even alive. you might as well be shut up in a cardboard box alone because there would be no point to life if you felt one monotonous emotion all the time, you would just be a sack of flesh, aimlessly wandering wherever you are told duty calls. Epicureanism on the other hand does not suppress emotions but instead promotes happiness and peace of mind. Epicureans do not face every day with the same somber outlook because they only want to be happy. If all people only wanted to be happy, than there would be less anger, less war and less suffering in the world. I believe that people as epicureans would find happiness in other peoples joy and society would become stronger as a whole.