Welcome to another episode of the Daily Stoic podcast.

On Thursdays, we do double duty, not just reading our daily meditation, but also reading

a passage from the book, The Daily Stoic, 366 meditations on wisdom, perseverance, and

the art of living, which I wrote with my wonderful co-author and collaborator, Stephen Hanselman.

And so today, we'll give you a quick meditation from one of the Stoics, from Epictetus Mark

Srelyas, Seneca, then some analysis for me.

And then we send you out into the world to do your best to turn these words into works.

Drilla Words is back for another season exclusively on Amazon Music.

The worst people to bring in three words are 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.

So that's three little words we've made, John Bishop and Tony Pitts listen to it every

Friday exclusively on Amazon Music.

There's nothing like this.

The rock star Warren Zévon had been at the top of the Billboard charts.

He'd been on the cover of Rolling Stone.

He'd been admired by other great artists and musicians like Bob Dylan, Bruce Ringsden,

Tom Petty, the heights of fame were enjoyable, but it took a jarring diagnosis of terminal

lung cancer to give him the kind of perspective that only a memento-mory moment can give.

And when it came, he passed it along in a very simple, very practical piece of advice.

Enjoy every sandwich.

A couple of weeks ago, we talked about how to have a chill life, you have to be comfortable

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