Can You See This In It?
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🗓️ 6 March 2024
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Seneca was exiled to what he felt was a rock in the middle of the ocean. He hated it. He thought it was torture. And of course, it was unfair that he was sent there—on trumped up charges no less—and it would have been lonely and sad to be so far from his family.
Yet it is a little funny that the place he was sent to, Corsica, is a beautiful vacation spot for people all over the world today.
Seneca couldn’t see that, just as perhaps you can’t see what’s just underneath the rough exterior of the situation you’re in. We’ve talked before about the Maggie Smith poem Good Bones. It takes a certain eye to be able spot what others are too depressed or too cynical or too devastated to see.
Think of the settlers and developers who were able to see what later became bustling cities in the uncultivated land. Think of the people who were able to see the potential for renewal and growth in a run down neighborhood. Think of the leaders who saw a future in an organization or franchise that everyone else gave up on.
We can forgive Seneca for his moments of self-pity and doubt and hopelessness. It would happen to the best of us. We can also learn from what he missed by focusing on that. We can try to see the good bones, the better future, the potential in the situation we’re in. We can strive to make that come true.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Daily Stoic Podcast, where each day we bring you a passage of ancient |
| 0:08.5 | wisdom designed to help you find strength, insight, and wisdom, everyday life. |
| 0:13.1 | Each one of these passages is based on the 2,000-year-old |
| 0:16.2 | philosophy that has guided some of history's greatest |
| 0:18.9 | men and women. |
| 0:20.1 | For more, you can visit us, DailyStoak.com. |
| 0:23.5 | Can you see this in it? |
| 0:25.8 | Seneca was exiled to what he felt was a rock |
| 0:28.2 | in the middle of the ocean. |
| 0:29.5 | He hated it. |
| 0:30.8 | He thought it was torture, and of course it was unfair that he was sent there on trumped up charges no less |
| 0:35.0 | and it would have been lonely and sad to be so far from his family. |
| 0:38.0 | Yet it is funny that the place he was sent to |
| 0:41.0 | Corsica is a beautiful vacation spot for people all over the world today. |
| 0:45.6 | Seneca just couldn't see that, just as perhaps you can't see what's underneath the rough exterior of the situation you're in. |
| 0:55.1 | We've talked before about the Maggie Smith poem Good Bones. It takes a certain eye to be able to spot what others are too depressed or too cynical |
| 1:00.4 | or too devastated to see. Think of the settlers and developers who were able to see what later became |
| 1:05.8 | bustling cities in the uncultivated land. Think of the people who were able to see the potential for |
| 1:10.8 | renewal and growth in a run- rundown neighborhood. Think of the leaders who |
| 1:14.4 | saw a future in an organization or a franchise that everyone else gave up on. We can forgive |
| 1:19.8 | Seneca for his moments of self-doubt and pity and hopelessness can happen to the best of us. |
| 1:25.8 | We can also learn from what he missed by focusing on that. |
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