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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.

You should know this before you get angry. People will piss you off in this life. That's

a given. You'll get cut off on the highway. You'll be spoken to. Really, you'll get blown

off. Someone will drop the ball. Someone's screaming, baby. We'll keep you up all night.

But before you get upset, you should stop yourself because maybe there's something you don't

quite know about that situation. Think of Brandon Matthews, who is about to make contact

on a put that could have secured him a spot in the PGA open and then suddenly a spectator

screamed. Matthews threw up his hands and disbelieved. The interruption cost him the

tournament. Well, it turns out that the middle-aged man who had yelled had Down syndrome. In fact,

he was such a fan of Matthews that he couldn't contain his excitement. I was frustrated at

first Matthews said after because I didn't understand the full circumstances behind it. But

once I did, there's a pretty easy situation for me to handle. He walked over to that fan

and gave him his golf ball and a hug. Until you know their reasons, Epictetus once said,

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