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Just join Wundary Plus in the Wundry App or on Apple Podcast. Welcome to the Daily Stoic Podcast, where each day we bring you a passage of ancient

wisdom designed to help you find strength, insight, and wisdom, everyday life.

Each one of these passages is based on the

2,000-year-old philosophy that has guided some of history's greatest men and

women. For more you can visit us at daily stoic.com.

You know your good when Seneca went into exile just days after burying his only child. Mark Surrealis was getting himself out of bed at dawn each morning despite the

betrayal of his most trusted general, despite the rumors of his wife's infidelity, despite the fact that everything

that seemed like it could go wrong had. Rutilius Rufus showed up for his show trial every day,

not even revealing a hint of the disgust and pain it must have inflicted on him

to be accused of something he never do.

How these men must have ached, how sad they must have been, how angry they must have been. They didn't stuff these

emotions down though as we said that's a myth about Stosas but they did keep

going. They kept writing that kept working, kept being of service, kept being good,

kept smiling, kept trying to be the person that philosophy tried to make them.

You know you're good when you can even do it with a broken heart, Taylor Swift sings.

That is stoicism. You keep going, you do your best, even if life has kicked the

crap out of you, even if someone has twisted your insides up, even if you're depressed,

even if you're anxious, even if you're tired, so tired, even if nobody knows, even if nobody understands, you've got a job to do, a duty to

fulfill.

A broken heart can slow us down, but it can't stop us. If you like the daily Stoic and thanks for listening you can listen early and

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