The Daily Stoic - Keep In Mind How Fast Things Pass By

Episode Date: May 3, 2023

In 1859, before he was president, before he suffered through that harrowing train ride to Washington on his way to office where many thought he would be killed before he arrived, before the Union tore itself to pieces and around 750,000 people died in the Civil War (the total number dead is still unknown), Abraham Lincoln gave a speech at the Wisconsin State Fair. The subject of the speech was supposed to be agriculture, but Lincoln decided to go a little deeper.✉️ Sign up for the Daily Stoic email: https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail🏛 Check out the Daily Stoic Store for Stoic inspired products, signed books, and more.📱 Follow us: Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, TikTok, FacebookSee 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 Stood Podcast early and add free on Amazon music. Download the app today. Welcome to the Daily Stood Podcast, where each day we bring you a passage of ancient wisdom designed to help you find strength, insight, and wisdom every day life. Each one of these passages is based on the 2 the 2000 year old philosophy that has guided some of history's greatest men and women. For more, you can visit us dailystoward.com. In 1859, before he was president, before he suffered through the heroin train ride to Washington on his way to office, where many thought he would be killed before he arrived. Before the union tore itself to pieces and hundreds

of thousands of people died in the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln gave a speech at the Wisconsin State Fair. The subject of the speech was supposed to be agriculture, but Lincoln decided to go a little deeper. He told the story of an Eastern king who asked his wisest philosophers to provide him a sentence that would not just be true in each and every situation, but always be worth hearing. They presented him the words Lincoln said, and this too shall pass away. How much it expresses how chasening in the hour of pride, how consoling in the depths of affliction Lincoln said. And this too shall pass away. Did Lincoln know that this story was a core teaching in Buddhist philosophy? Did he know the incredible triumphs and fiery trials that lay

ahead? Could he have been more than enough to sense that it applied to his brief existence on this planet that he had less than six years left to live with which to do his work before he too would pass away? Marcus Aurelius certainly understood this, writing that we must keep in mind how fast things pass by and are gone, those that are now and those to come. The events of the world, good and bad, beautiful and tragic were terrifying. Flow past us quickly.

None of them are stable. Each of them disappears with due time into the rush of the water and it's never seen again. It would take an idiot, Marcus wrote, to feel the stress or arrogance or anger. Just wait a second. He said, whether you're being elevated to the highest office in the land or sucked into the awful carnage of a war or locking yourself indoors during a pandemic, this too shall pass. It will be taken care of soon enough. Hey, prime members, you can listen to the Daily Stoic early and ad-free on Amazon Music,

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