Welcome to the Daily Stoic Podcast, where each day we read a passage of ancient wisdom

designed to help you in your everyday life.

On Tuesdays, we take a closer look at these stoic ideas, how we can apply them in our actual

lives.

Thanks for listening, and I hope you enjoy.

3-Lit Words is back for another season exclusively on Amazon Music.

We ask people to bring in 3 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.

So, that's 3-Lit words, which made John Bishop and Tony Pits listen to it every Friday,

exclusively on Amazon Music.

Why We In Myr, Marcus Aurelius.

Marcus Aurelius was smart, he was rich and powerful, he won wars and conquered territories.

But that doesn't explain why we are still talking about his meditations so many thousands

of years later.

As Bran Blanchard would observe of Marcus' writings way back in 1984, few now care about

the marches and counter marches of the Roman commanders.

What the centuries have clung to is a notebook of the thoughts by a man whose real life was

largely unknown, who put down in the midnight dimness not the events of the day or the plans

of the morrow.

But something of far more permanent interest, the ideals and aspirations that a rare spirit

...