Welcome to the Daily Stoic Podcast, designed to help bring those four key stoic virtues,

courage, discipline, justice, and wisdom into the real world.

Have you lost the beat, tune, or rhythm?

Here's a great passage from the Gregory Hayes translation of meditations.

When jarred unavoidably by circumstances, he writes,

revert at once to yourself and don't lose the rhythm more than you can help.

You'll have a better grasp of the harmony if you can keep going back to it.

In his great annotated edition of meditations,

Robin Waterfield translated the same passage like this. When the pressure of circumstances

somewhat disturbs your peace of mind, recover quickly and don't lose your rhythm for longer than

necessary. In any case, you'll master the measure all the better by constantly returning to it.

And here's the same passage in George William Crystal's 1902 translation.

Whenever your situation forces trouble upon you, return quickly to yourself and

interrupt the rhythm of life no longer than you are compelled.

Your grasp of harmony will grow sure by the continual

recurrence to it. Maxwell Stanworth's 1964 translation, when force of circumstances upsets your

equanimity, lose no time in recovering your self-control, and do not remain out of tune

longer than you can help. Habitual reoccurrence to the harmony will increase your mastery of it.

And for the Daily Stoic, Steve Hanselman and I translated it like this.

When forced, as it seems, by circumstances into utter confusion,

get hold of yourself quickly.

Don't be locked out of the rhythm any longer than necessary.

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