Welcome to the weekend edition of the Daily Stoic podcast.

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I almost died a few days ago, where I very easily could have died.

I just got stung inside the mouth by a bee.

So this is it for me.

Tell my family I love it.

Jesus Christ.

At the very least, I had to think about my mortality in a very real and tangible way.

I'm freaking out. And it's an absurd story. I'm in Athens, Greece, with my family. I get up early.

I go for a run. I am loving life. I am feeling great. Things are going

awesome. I'm watching the sun come up. I'm looking out at the Aegean. I'm maybe four and a half

miles into what was supposed to be a six mile run. And then some disgusting bug flies in my mouth.

But it's not just any bug. It's a bee, and it stings me in the back of the throat.

I'm not super allergic to bees, but I have. I had allergic reactions to them in the past.

And I just read a news story a few days ago about a famous polo player in the UK, dropping dead of anaphylactic shock after being stung in the mouth by a

B. And one of the most important people in my life, my mentor, the great Robert Green, had a stroke

after being stung in the neck by a B. So it was this surreal experience. Three days before, I'd just

run from Marathon to Athens. I'd just run from marathon to Athens. I'd spent

weeks training for this thing. I've been running. I've been outside. I was worried about getting

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