Can You Make It This Long? | How Stoics Find Balance In Their Life
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🗓️ 27 June 2023
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
We’re supposed to put up with difficult people. We’re supposed to turn the other cheek. We’re supposed to find a way to smile through a tough situation. We’re supposed to be rational in a time of craziness and confusion. We’re supposed to be still despite the chaos. We’re supposed to be grateful for all that life gives us.
Ok? But for how long? What about this exception or that one? Are we supposed to hold this stance forever? Even when it’s not working, even when no one else is doing it?
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And in today's Daily Stoic video excerpt, Ryan shares the key strategies that the Stoics used to maintain balance in their lives.
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| 0:10.6 | Welcome to the Daily Stoic Podcast, |
| 0:12.9 | where each day we read a passage of ancient wisdom |
| 0:15.9 | designed to help you in your everyday life. |
| 0:18.8 | On Tuesdays, we take a closer look at these stoic ideas, |
| 0:22.4 | how we can apply them in our actual lives. |
| 0:25.4 | Thanks for listening, and I hope you enjoy. |
| 0:30.0 | Can you make it this long? |
| 0:39.8 | We're supposed to put up with difficult people, |
| 0:41.8 | we're supposed to turn the other cheek, |
| 0:43.4 | we're supposed to find a way to smile through a tough situation, |
| 0:46.8 | we're supposed to be rational in a time of craziness and confusion, |
| 0:50.2 | we're supposed to be still, despite the chaos, |
| 0:52.8 | we're supposed to be grateful for all that life gives us. |
| 0:56.2 | Okay, but for how long? |
| 0:58.4 | What about this exception or that one? |
| 1:00.2 | Are we supposed to hold this stance forever |
| 1:02.4 | even when it's not working, |
| 1:03.6 | even when no one else is doing it? |
| 1:06.2 | Don't worry about how long you'll go on doing this. |
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