Find A Way To Use What Life Hands You | Ask DS
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🗓️ 18 May 2023
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
Change is a constant in life, and embracing it is key to living a fulfilling and meaningful existence. The Stoics recognized this fact and encouraged us to be adaptable and flexible, no matter what life throws our way.
It can be tempting to resist or fear the unknown. However, the Stoics taught that change is not something to be feared, but rather, it is an opportunity for growth and self-improvement.
Marcus Aurelius wrote, "The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it." By focusing on our thoughts and our perspective, we can choose to see change as a positive and embrace it with open arms.
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And in today's Ask Daily Stoic, Ryan answers questions after a Stoicism seminar at the Andrews Air Force Base. Topics covered include how Stoicism applies to parenting, as well as whether any of the Cardinal Virtues is more important than the others.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, prime members, you can listen to the Daily Stoic podcast early and add free on Amazon music. |
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| 0:10.3 | Welcome to the Daily Stoic podcast where each day we read a passage of ancient wisdom designed to help you in your everyday life. |
| 0:17.3 | Well, on Thursdays, we not only read the daily meditation, but we answer some questions from listeners and fellow Stoics. |
| 0:23.3 | We're trying to apply this philosophy just as you are. |
| 0:27.6 | Some of these come from my talks. |
| 0:29.4 | Some of these come from Zoom sessions that we do with Daily Stoic Life members or as part of the challenges. |
| 0:36.9 | Some of them are from interactions I have on the street when there happened to be someone there recording. |
| 0:41.9 | But thank you for listening and we hope this is of use to you. |
| 0:52.5 | Find a way to use what life hands you. |
| 0:56.3 | Change is a constant in life and embracing it is key to living a fulfilling and meaningful existence. |
| 1:03.4 | The Stoics recognize this fact and encouraged us to be adaptable and flexible, no matter what gets thrown our way. |
| 1:11.1 | It can be tempting to resist or fear the unknown. |
| 1:14.3 | However, the Stoics taught the change is not something to be feared, but rather it is an opportunity for growth and self improvement. |
| 1:22.3 | Marcus really wrote that the universe has changed and our life is what our thoughts make it. |
| 1:28.1 | By focusing on our thoughts and perspective, we can choose to see change as a positive and embrace it with open arms. |
| 1:35.9 | Actually, today's episode is an example of that very idea because it was written in part, |
| 1:41.1 | although not completely by chat GBT, an artificial intelligence bot that can apparently do a remarkable job of mimicking and generating what a writer does. |
| 1:51.9 | That's what I do. |
| 1:53.4 | Yet I'm saying written in part because although what the program spit out was largely usable and without grammatical errors, it wasn't perfect, |
| 2:01.4 | it didn't sound exactly right. |
| 2:03.1 | Things had to be moved around, stuff had to be deleted. |
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