The Daily Stoic - To Wrong One Is To Wrong All

Episode Date: June 3, 2020

"It’s easy to forget. It’s easy to think small. But this life is not just about us. Our loyalty and duty is not just to ourselves, to our family, or to our immediate neighbors. The Stoics believed that we were all one."***If you enjoyed this week’s podcast, we’d love for you to leave a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps with our visibility, and the more people listen to the podcast, the more we can invest into it and make it even better.Sign up for the Daily Stoic email: http://DailyStoic.com/signupFollow @DailyStoic:Twitter: https://twitter.com/ryanholidayInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryanholiday/Facebook: http://facebook.com/ryanholidayYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/dailystoicSee 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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guided some of history's greatest men and women. For more, you can visit us at dailystowoc.com. To wrong one is to wrong all. It's easy to forget. It's easy to think small, but this life is not just about us. Our loyalty and duty is not just to ourselves, to our family, or to our immediate neighbors. The Stoics believed that we were all one. Marcus Aurelius referred

repeatedly to the hive. He spoke of being part of one large community. Dozens of times he talks of the common good and how the wrong one is to wrong all, and to do good for one is to do good for all, that to do good for others is to do good for yourself. Santa Caspok of Sympathy, the interconnectedness of all people, he spoke of the need for kindness, for compassion, for understanding, for forgiveness. You might not think that a death in the streets of Georgia or a police killing in Minnesota

or immigrant children have much impact on your safety. You might think that these situations are complicated. You might question the other side's political motivations. You might think that the media inflames things, and that all may be true, but it doesn't change the facts. This is your problem. It's everyone's problem. Martin Luther King Jr. perfectly express

that stout concept of interconnectivity and interdependence in justice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality tied in a single garment of destiny whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly. You cannot turn away from that. You cannot let this be partisan, you cannot close your heart to this. When people are being wronged, you are being wronged. We all are. We can disagree about the solution, but we have to insist on one. We have to fight for one, like true Stoics. Hey, thanks for listening to the Daily Stoke podcast. You can sign up to get our daily email at dailystoke.com slash email.

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