Convince Yourself That Everything Is A Gift | Train To Let Go Of What’s Not Yours
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🗓️ 24 November 2022
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
Today in America is Thanksgiving. It’s the day when we’re supposed to actively practice gratitude, and be thankful for all that we have. Yet this can be hard to do…when the specter of a World War looms, the lingering of a terrible pandemic, the reality of a recession, divided politics and so many other obstacles sit before us.
But just because it’s hard doesn’t mean it’s impossible.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to another episode of the Daily Stoic podcast. |
| 0:07.2 | On Thursdays, we do double duty, not just reading our daily meditation, but also reading |
| 0:13.1 | a passage from the book, The Daily Stoic, 366 meditations on wisdom, perseverance, and |
| 0:19.1 | the art of living, which I wrote with my wonderful co-author and collaborator, Stephen Hanselman. |
| 0:25.0 | And so today, we'll give you a quick meditation from one of the Stoics, from Epititus Mark |
| 0:29.8 | Relius, Seneca, then some analysis for me. |
| 0:33.2 | And then we send you out into the world to do your best to turn these words into works. |
| 0:44.9 | Hey, prime members, you can listen to The Daily Stoic podcast early and add free on Amazon |
| 0:49.3 | music. |
| 0:50.3 | Download the app today. |
| 0:56.1 | Today in America is Thanksgiving. |
| 0:58.7 | It's the day that we're supposed to actively practice gratitude and be thankful for all |
| 1:03.0 | that we have. |
| 1:04.7 | If this can be hard to do in the specter of a world war looms, the lingering of a terrible |
| 1:10.4 | pandemic, the reality of a recession, divided politics, and so many other obstacles sit |
| 1:17.1 | before us. |
| 1:18.7 | But just because it's hard doesn't mean it's impossible. |
| 1:21.8 | Look at Mark Relius. |
| 1:23.4 | In his reign and in his life, he knew all of those things intimately, plus many other |
| 1:29.0 | tragedies. |
| 1:30.7 | But a few years ago, a Daily Stoic reader wrote in to make a very interesting observation. |
| 1:36.2 | In Mark's meditation, he is vague about some things and very specific about others. |
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