What To Do With What You’ve Been Given | Ask Daily Stoic
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🗓️ 25 November 2022
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Summary
Yesterday we took a minute to think of all that we have to be grateful for, all the blessings life has bestowed on us–even if those things didn’t always appear to be blessings at the time. Well, today, on so called ‘Black Friday’ in America, instead of rushing out to get a deal on a flat-screen television, we should think about what to do with all that gratitude.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Daily Stoic Podcast, where each day we read a passage of ancient wisdom |
| 0:08.8 | designed to help you in your everyday life. |
| 0:11.8 | But on Fridays, we not only read this daily meditation, but I try to answer some questions |
| 0:16.6 | from listeners and fellow stoics who are trying to apply this philosophy, whatever it is they |
| 0:21.9 | happen to do. |
| 0:23.5 | Sometimes these are from talks. |
| 0:25.1 | Sometimes these are people who come up to talk to me on the street. |
| 0:28.4 | Sometimes these are written in or emailed from listeners. |
| 0:32.2 | But I hope in answering their questions, I can answer your questions, give a little |
| 0:36.8 | more guidance on this philosophy we're all trying to follow. |
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| 0:57.9 | What to do with what you've been given. |
| 1:01.1 | Yesterday we took a minute to think about all the things that we have to be grateful for. |
| 1:08.4 | All the blessings that life has bestowed on us, even if those things didn't always appear |
| 1:14.0 | to be blessings at the time. |
| 1:16.3 | Well today on so-called Black Friday in America, instead of rushing out to get a deal on |
| 1:21.6 | a flat screen television, we should think about what to do with all that gratitude. |
| 1:27.6 | In the book of Genesis, Abraham is told that he has been blessed and thus must be a blessing |
| 1:33.2 | to others. |
| 1:34.2 | That's the essence of Christianity but also of Stoicism. |
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