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The lowest people to bring in three words of meaning and significance to their lives.

And we use that as a springboard for conversation.

And then at the end of the show, we ask them for a word that they'll be happy never to hear again.

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Welcome to the Daily Stood Podcast. Each day we bring you a meditation inspired by the ancient Stoodx.

Illustrated with stories from history, current events and literature to help you be better at what you do.

And at the beginning of the week, we try to do a deeper dive, setting a kind of stoic intention for the week,

something to meditate on, something to think on, something to leave you with, to journal about whatever it is you happen to be doing.

So let's get into it.

There is heaven in you now.

As winter slowly releases her icy grasp as the surge of the pandemic recedes,

perhaps you're starting to think of the glories of spring, of the return to the wonderful normal of your own life.

Maybe you're thinking of a trip, an exotic location or a long stay at a luxurious resort.

That would be heaven, you think.

Marcus Arellius craved this too, you know, working every day in the grime in grit of Rome,

surrounded by the bustle and noise of the court overloaded by business and demands.

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