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Welcome to the Daily Stoke. For each day, we read a short passage designed to help you cultivate the strength, insight, wisdom necessary for living good life.

Each one of these passages is based on the 2000-year-old philosophy that has guided some of history's greatest men and women. For more, you can visit us at dailystoke.com.

Ignore it. It doesn't matter. It's interesting how easily people can be placated. A scandal about some athlete that outraged them fades from memory when they start winning again.

An apology settles some feud that 10 minutes ago had people screaming. The news cycle moves right on to the next hot button topic. A couple goes to bed, live it, and wakes up like nothing happened.

Your morning grumpiness is forgotten with your first sip of coffee. Where did all the anger go? A trifle consoles us, Blaze Pascal wrote, because a trifle upsets us.

We get so worked up about things that don't matter. Of course we can be convinced to drop them. Of course we can be easily distracted.

This is why Marcus Aurelius talks about the importance of having no opinion. That's why he reminds himself that this trifle or that little nothing does not have to upset us.

Don't give the little things more time that they deserve, he says. This cycle of latching on and letting go, it's pointless. It's embarrassing. How much better it would have been to have not gotten so hot in the first place.

Almost none of what people get so worked up about matters. None of it is worth letting penetrate our peace of mind. None of it is worth trading our stillness for. Stay focused. Don't let trifles provoke or placate you. Ignore them entirely.

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