The Daily Stoic - Existence is What You Choose To See

Episode Date: July 2, 2021

“What is the human condition? Marcus Aurelius says that life is just ‘marrying, raising children, getting sick, dying, waging war, throwing parties, doing business, arming, flattering, boating, distrusting, hoping others will die, complaining about their own lives, falling in love, putting away money, seeking high office and power.’”Ryan explains how your perspective shapes the world around you.Sign up for the Daily Stoic email: http://DailyStoic.com/signupFollow us: Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, TikTok, and FacebookSee 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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For more, you can visit us at dailystealup.com. Existence is what you choose to see. What is the human condition? Marcus, it really says that life is just marrying, raising children, getting sick, dying, waging war, throwing parties, doing business, arming, flattering, boating, distrust, and hoping others will die, complaining about their own lives, falling in love, putting away money, seeking higher power and office. In that sense, this whole existence thing is a bit depressing. Look around you two thousand years ago or today, and it's the same things Marcus was lamenting.

People complaining about their bosses, running late, arguing bitterly over politics, falling short of their diet, neglecting important matters for the rush of an affair, or another night out, blaming others for their problems, being bigoted, saving for some luxury they don't need, talking rudely to their children, lusting, fearing, leaving a tip that's too small. This is all true, but to borrow the exercise from EpicTius, we can choose another handle to grab, another more sustaining and edifying view. Sure, there are bad and base people out there and always have been. There are also people stopping to help someone stuck on the side of the road, a promising student selecting the

selfless calling over a career of money, a brilliant artist finding something new to say, despite thousands of years of precedent, a world leader who declines to pull tighter on the not of war, a child born with incredible gifts, people working towards making their community a little bit better every day. The reality is that these activities are just as ordinary and common as the tired banal evil that exhausts us. This goodness exists today just as it existed in the time of espacian or merciceurilius. People do good and people do bad. We just have to look for what we want to see and choose to focus on one over the latter. And most importantly, we have to choose which one we want to be.

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