This Way Is Not For The Weak | Say No To The Need To Impress
The Daily Stoic
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🗓️ 25 March 2025
⏱️ 11 minutes
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If we want to be the metaphorical fire that turns everything into fuel, we must be quite strong. We must have real momentum. We must be operating at a high and heated level.
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| 1:59.6 | In meditations, Marcus Aurelius says that what we throw on top of a fire is fuel for the fire. |
| 2:05.7 | But anyone who has ever had a little campfire going knows how easily you can snuff out flames with a poorly placed log or even a few sticks. |
| 2:15.2 | Marcus is speaking metaphorically of obstacles, not an actual campfire. But the metaphor only works with a few sticks. Marcus is speaking metaphorically of obstacles, not an actual campfire, but the metaphor |
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