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

designed to help you in your everyday life.

Well on Thursdays we not only read the Daily Meditation but we answer some questions

from listeners in fellow Stoics, we're trying to apply this philosophy just as you are.

Some of these come from my talks, some of these come from Zoom sessions that we do with

the Daily Stoic Life members or as part of the challenges.

Some of them are from interactions I have on the street when there happen to be someone

there recording.

But thank you for listening and we hope this is of use to you.

Will you understand or be understood?

There are very few people who feel completely understood.

Starting from a young age our parents didn't fully get us or maybe it was our teachers

or maybe there was some part of us apparently beyond the reach of our spouse or our peers.

This is painful and it's lonely and it's rough.

Epic Teed has said that there were some things that were up to us and some things that

were not.

While we can do our absolute best, articulating how we feel speaking up to be heard, going

to therapy, asking for help, being patient, being vulnerable.

In the end being understood is never going to be fully up to us.

It's just not.

By definition, it depends on other people.

Other people are flawed and busy and sometimes very selfish.

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