The Daily Stoic - This Is How You Strengthen Your Soul

Starting point is 00:00:00 Hey, prime members, you can listen to the Daily Stoic Podcast early and add free on Amazon music. Download the app today. Welcome to the Daily Stoic 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, 2000-year-old philosophy that has guided some of history's greatest men and women. For more, you can visit us dailystoweth.com. According to the great Jesuit monk Anthony Demail, there are three intellectual feats that we struggle with on a regular basis that are harder than just about any physical activity on the planet.

Starting point is 00:00:47 Just three, they are, he said, in this order, returning love for hate, including the excluded, admitting you are wrong. This is not a modern affliction. Dimeo, while certainly observing the world he was trying to serve was also tapping in to an ancient idea with which the Stoics would have wholly agreed three more quotes. If you must be affected by other people's misfortunes, show them pity instead of contempt. Drop this readiness to hate. That's epic Titus. No school has more goodness and gentleness. None has more love for human beings, who are more attention to the common good,

Starting point is 00:01:27 the goal which it assigns to us is to be useful to help others, and to take care not only of ourselves, but of everyone in general, and of each one in particular. That's Seneca. If anyone can refute me, show me I'm making a mistake, or looking at things from the wrong perspective, I'll gladly change. It's the truth I'm after, and the truth never harmed anyone.

Starting point is 00:01:51 What harms us is to persist in self-dice and ignorance. That's Marcus Aurelius. Remember, returning love for hate, including the excluded, admitting you are wrong. If you were weak and looking to get stronger physically, you'd go to the gym. You hire a trainer, you'd watch videos to learn new exercises. You'd work at it. That's how muscles are built.

Starting point is 00:02:13 If you were ignorant and looking to get smarter or sharper mentally, you'd read books. You'd hire a tutor. You'd play brain games and solve puzzles. You'd work at it. That's how knowledge is accumulated and intellect is built. Today, think about how you might strengthen your soul. Search for ways to be kinder, more inclusive, and more open-minded. Build your spirit like you would scope your body or fill your mind. You can be the light that you yourself sometimes need. There are fewer of those than any other type which makes it more

Starting point is 00:02:45 important. So work on that today. Returning love for hate including the excluded admitting you are wrong. Thanks for listening to the Daily Stoke Podcast. Just a reminder we've got signed copies of all my books in the Daily Stoke Store. You can get them personalized, you can get them sent to a friend. The app goes the way. You go as the enemy, still in this is the key. The leather bound edition of the Daily Stoke. We have them all in the Daily Stoke Store, which you can check out the daily stoic early and ad-free on Amazon Music,

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The Daily Stoic - This Is How You Strengthen Your Soul

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