The Daily Stoic - All That Shimmers in This World

Episode Date: October 23, 2020

"Nothing gold can stay. All that shimmers in this world is sure to fade. We know this. We know that glory is fleeting. That even the best and the brightest eventually burn out, that we are all born to die. So what does this mean? That nothing matters? That we shouldn’t try? Absolutely not."Ryan points out the one thing that does matter and to which we should all strive on today's Daily Stoic Podcast.***If you enjoyed this week’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: http://DailyStoic.com/signupFollow Daily Stoic:Twitter: https://twitter.com/dailystoicInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/dailystoic/Facebook: http://facebook.com/dailystoicYouTube: 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.

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greatest men and women. For more, you can visit us at dailystowach.com. All that shimmers in this world, nothing gold can stay. All that shimmers in the world is sure to fade. We know this. We know that glory is fleeting, that even the best and the brightest eventually burn out, that we are born to die. So what does this mean? That nothing matters, that we shouldn't try? Absolutely not. Marcus Aurelius said that the fruit of this life is good character and acts for the common good, but it is a

special kind of fruit, a fruit that never goes bad, that never rots, that is always ripe. Think about Marcus' meditations. The posthumous fame, it has earned him, is worthless, but the good that it continues to do for you and for millions of other people, that remains. It is as fresh as it ever was and looks forward to another 2,000 years of impact, whether he will enjoy it or not. The Stoics believed that goodness was like a precious stone. It was bright and it could not be snuffed out. Whether you polished it or not, it was worth something.

The question for you today and always is what will you chase and what will you value? The shimmering, fleeting lights of this world or the thing that cannot fade, the good that lasts forever or the thing that disappears quickly. Virtue, that's what counts, that's what does more than shimmer. It stays, it sustains us, it's what matters. Virtue, the summum bottom, the highest good, the thing we were put here to do, that's what the Stoic's

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