The Daily Stoic - In This Way You Are Unstoppable

Episode Date: September 3, 2018

Acceptance? Resignation? That’s not me, we say, when we hear the Stoics preach those concepts. I never give up. I’m a fighter. Ok. If you say so. But there’s a difference between being a fighter and a doer. Remember, one of the outcomes of “fighting” is losing. And that’s what happens most of the time; indeed, every time when you fight something that is outside your control. This is why the Stoic instead practices the “art of acquiesce.” Why they learn amor fati--a desire for things to be exactly as they are--so they can use them. As Marcus Aurelius wrote, “Our inward power, when it obeys nature, reacts to events by accommodating itself to what it faces--to what is possible. It needs no specific material. It pursues its own aims as circumstances allow; it turns obstacles into fuel. As a fire overwhelms what would have quenched a lamp. What’s thrown on top of the conflagration is absorbed, consumed by it--and makes it burn still higher.” Today, ask yourself which type you’re going to be. Are you going to be a fighter or a doer? Are you going to “resist” or are you going to accept obstacles and turn them into fuel for action? Amor fati. Be made brighter and hotter by everything that happens. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Hey, prime members, you can listen to the Daily Stoke podcast early and add free on Amazon music. Download the app today. Welcome to the Daily Stoke. For each day, we read a short passage designed to help you cultivate the strength, insight, wisdom necessary for living the good life. 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 dailystowic.com. In this way, you are unstoppable. Acceptance, resignation, that's not me we say when we hear the stoics preach these concepts. I never give up. I'm a fighter. Okay, if you say so. But there's a difference between being a fighter and a doer. Remember, one of the outcomes of fighting is losing. And that's what happens most of the time. Indeed, every time when you fight something that is outside your control. This is why the stoic instead practices the art of acquiescence,

why they learn a more faulty desire for things to be exactly as they are so that they can use them. As Marcus Aurelius wrote, our inward power when it obeys nature reacts to events by accommodating itself to what it faces, to what is possible. It needs no specific material. It backs to events by accommodating itself to what it faces, to what is possible. It needs no specific material. It pursues its own aims as circumstances allow, it turns obstacles into fuel. As a fire overwhelms what would have quenched a lamp, what's thrown on top of the confluration is absorbed, consumed by it, and makes it burn higher still. Today, ask yourself which type you are going to be.

Are you going to be a fighter or a doer? Are you going to resist? Are you going to accept obstacles and turn them into fuel for action? A more faati be made brighter and hotter by everything that happens. And if you want a physical reminder of this a more Fati idea, we have it in necklace form, and we also have Amor Fati Medallion, which thousands of people all over the world carry with them and touch every time their experience again obstacle, and they need a reminder of the power that they have. Thank you. Hey, Prime Members! You can listen to the Daily Stoic Early and Add Free on Amazon Music, download the Amazon Music app today, or you can listen early and add free with Wondery Plus in Apple podcasts.

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