The Daily Stoic - You Don’t Have to Be a Victim

Episode Date: September 28, 2020

"There’s no questioning that the Stoics were victims of severe injustices.Marcus Aurelius was betrayed by his most trusted general in what amounted to an attempted coup that threatened him and his family. Epictetus had thirty years of his life stolen by slavery. Musonius Rufus was exiled on bogus offenses, not once, but possibly four separate times... As unfair as all these situations were, what was impressive is how these Stoics never chose to see themselves as victims."Learn more about how you can reflect this quintessential Stoic attitude on today's episode of the Daily Stoic Podcast.***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/dailystoicInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/dailystoic/Facebook: http://facebook.com/dailystoicYouTube: 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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greatest men and women. For more, you can visit us at dailystowach.com. You don't have to be a victim. There's no questioning that the stilloks were victims of severe injustices. Marcus Arellius was betrayed by his most trusted general and what amounted to an attempted coup that threatened him and his family. Epic Titus had 30 years of his life stolen by slavery. Musoneus was exiled on bogus offences,

not once, but possibly for separate times. As unfair as all these situations were, what was impressive is how these stilloks never chose to see themselves as victims. Marcus really chose to use the betrayal as a chance to show future emperors how to deal with civil strife. Epic Titus found freedom inside his captivity and then taught thousands the same after he was freed. Mousonius Rufus spent his exiles, productively writing and helping the locals who had become his new neighbors. This is one way to face who have been a victim in her career. From the expectations of the audiences to cruel journalists,

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fought back against getting justice not only for herself but for other women There still looks believe that there are two ways to respond to life and misfortune We can be a victim or not. We could focus on our power and our powerlessness This is a distinction Marcus Aurelius wrote between being harmed and feeling harmed the events that happened to us are objective We can't help being victimized, but how we feel about them is up to us. We choose to identify as a victim or not. We choose how we're going to respond. We choose what good is going to come from this. If you like the podcast that we do here and you want to get it via email every morning, you can sign up at dailystoic.com slash email. Hey, prime members, you can listen to the daily stoic early and ad free on Amazon music,

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