You Will Not Be Made Whole

"This was not your fault. You work hard. You pay your taxes and your insurance premiums. You follow the law. So you should be good, right?"Ryan shows why, when it comes to the COVID-19 pandemic or any other misfortune, that's not necessarily the case.****If you enjoyed today’s podcast, we’d love for you to leave a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps with our visibility, and the more people listen to the podcast, the more we can invest into it and make it even better. Sign up for the Daily Stoic email: DailyStoic.com/signupFollow @DailyStoic:Twitter: https://twitter.com/ryanholidayInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryanholiday/Facebook: http://facebook.com/ryanholidayYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/dailystoicSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. 📢 Share | ⚙️ Manage Subscription

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• 0:06Ryan Holiday?

  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 the good 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 dailystoic.com.

• 0:28Speaker 01

  You will not be made whole. There have been real losses over the last few months, and more lay ahead. People you know may die, businesses will close, clients have disappeared, years of gains evaporated from the market. This was not your fault. You work hard, you pay your taxes and your insurance premiums, you follow the law, so you're good, right? That's what many people seem to think. It's a natural reaction, especially when you hear the promises of politicians. "Checks are coming in the mail," they say. "We've passed a bailout. Hang tight, we're coming to help." The Stoic knows not to count on any of this, not just because a Stoic tries to be self-reliant, but because a Stoic is realistic. "Fortune

• 1:13Speaker 01

  is the most powerful force on earth. She acts as she pleases," Seneca says, "and she cares little for our plans or notions of what is fair." There is no government or insurance company rich enough or powerful enough to counteract this. There is not some bubble you can get inside or body armor you can put on that can possibly prevent you from ever having to experience loss and pain. No, these are the facts of life. Remember Epictetus and Marcus. Instead of sitting around, remember Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius. Instead of sitting around hoping for someone to fix this for you or make it right, try to find a way to come to terms with what has happened. Instead of expecting someone to come and

• 1:54Speaker 01

  relieve you, try to be the source of your own relief. Focus on the good you still have. Focus on the good you can still do. That's all we got. That's the only way we'll ever be home again.

• 2:08Ryan Holiday?

  Hey there. If you're wondering how to get the most out of this time you have stuck at home, maybe you're working only part-time, or you're working from home, you've got a childcare situation, none of this is what we would choose, but the Stoics say we don't choose what happens, we choose how we respond. And so that's why we put together what we're calling the Daily Stoic Alive Time Challenge. It's 14 days of inspired Stoic wisdom that will help you get the most out of this moment, that will help you seize this moment, rise to the occasion. We're going to challenge you. It's not going to be easy, but I think you will emerge from it better, and that will be some small good that's come out of this experience. So you can check that out right now at dailystoic.com/alive time.