The Daily Stoic - There is Only One Place to Look

Episode Date: November 1, 2019

There was a Stoic named Diotimus who messed up. Like really messed up. Sometime around the turn of the first century BC, he committed what can only be described as an unjustifiable crime. He forged dozens and dozens of letters that framed the rival philosopher Epicurus as a sinful glutton and depraved maniac. It was an act of despicable philosophical slander, and Diotimus was quickly brought up on charges.Some accounts say he was executed for this crime, but that seems unlikely. Chances are he was exiled or fined, which is actually more interesting: What does a Stoic do after they really screw up? What can they do?Perhaps we can take a cue from the name of the podcast hosted by Lance Armstrong, another guy who has made big mistakes. What does Lance call his podcast? He calls it The Forward. Because that’s really the only thing you can do in life: go forward. That’s what Lance is trying to do with his life now. Move on and move forward, as best he can. When you do something wrong, you can’t go back and undo it. When you hurt someone, you can apologize, you can say you didn’t mean to, but you can’t undo the harm, you can’t unring the bell. Ultimately, you can only move forward—and try to make it right by learning from it and not doing it again. The same principle applies when you fall short of your own standards, and you let yourself down. Big or small, crimes and mistakes exist only in the past. They can no longer be touched. All you can do is decide what happens next. All you can decide is how you will write the rest of the story. You can move forward, building on the lessons of your mistake; or you can stay rooted in place, trying futilely to reach back into the past to erase what has been done. This is how cover-ups happen. This is how mistakes get compounded. Lance can tell you about those too—which were probably his biggest mistakes when it was all said and done.We don’t know what Diotimus did next, unfortunately, or how his story ended. Hopefully, he moved forward and never did anything like it again. All we can do is try to learn from his failings, and to improve ourselves accordingly.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 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 dailystoic.com. There is only one place to look. There was a stoic named Dio Timus, who messed up, like really messed up. Sometime around the turn of the first century BC, he committed what can only be described as an unjustifiable crime. He forged dozens and dozens of letters that framed the rival philosopher Epicurus as a sinful

glutton and a depraved maniac. It was an act of despicable philosophical slander, diotimus was quickly brought up on charges. Some accounts say he was executed for this crime, but that seems unlikely. Chances are he was exiled or fined, which is actually more interesting, because it begs the question, what does a stoic do after they really screw up? What can they do? Perhaps we can take a cue from the name of the podcast hosted by Lance Armstrong, another guy who has made big mistakes. What does Lance call his podcast? He calls it the forward.

Because that's really the only thing you can do in life. Go forward. That's what Lance is trying to do with his life now. Move on and move forward as best you can. When you do something wrong, you can't go back and undo it. When you hurt someone, you can apologize, you can say you didn't mean to, but you can't undo the harm, you can't unring the bell. Ultimately, you can only move forward and try to make it right by learning from it and not doing it again. The same principle applies when you fall short of your own standards and when you let yourself down. Big or small crimes and mistakes exist only in the past that

can no longer be touched. All you can do is decide what happens next. All you can decide is how you will write the rest of your story. You can move forward building on the lessons of your mistake or you can stay rooted in, trying futile to reach back into the past to erase what has been done. This is how cover-ups happen. This is how mistakes get compounded. Lance can tell you about those two, which were probably his biggest mistakes when all was said and done. We don't know what Dio Timis did next, unfortunately, or even how his story ended.

Hopefully he moved forward and never did anything like it again, which is what we must do. All we can try to do now is learn from his failings and improve ourselves accordingly. Don't forget to subscribe to this podcast on iTunes or your favorite podcast app. And if you don't get the Daily Stoke email, go to dailystoke.com slash email. an app today, or you can listen early and add free with Wondery Plus in Apple podcasts.

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