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Welcome to the Daily Stoic, where 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 dailystoic.com.

We cannot be servants to our stuff. There is a story about King Philip, the father of Alexander

the Great. He was leading a massive army campaign and had picked an ideal spot to stop to

break camp. As he began to give out orders and aid rushed up to inform him that the location

lacked enough pasture for the army's pack animals and that they would have to move.

O'Herculees, Philip Kirst in frustration, what a life I lead if I am obliged to live

for the benefit of my asses. Philip may have been powerless, but not more powerful than the

reality of logistics. His unstoppable all-powerful army was for all its victories at the mercy of

its weakest link, and it has always been and always will be thus. As Marcus Aurelius would write in

meditations about Philip's son, Alexander, for all his victories, he was buried in the same

ground as his mule driver. Reality has a way of cutting us down to size like that.

But the real message of that story is how easily even the most powerful people can become a slave

to their stuff. Every soldier Philip pressed into service meant more supplies, which meant more

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