The Daily Stoic - You Still Have Time Pt II

Episode Date: January 15, 2021

“We talked a while back about one of the most inspiring lessons of Seneca’s life—that’s it’s not too late for anyone. This was a man who lost his twenties to illness, lost close to a decade of his life to exile, and then in old age was forced into a painful retirement which he turned into one of the most productive writing sprints of his life.”Find hope for healing your past in the story of Seneca and a poem from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, on today’s 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 Daily Stoic: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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We talked about it a while back that one of the most inspiring lessons from Senaqa's life is that it's not too late for anyone. This was a man who lost his twenties to illness, who lost close to a decade of his life to exile, and then in old age was forced into a painful retirement, which he turned into one of the most productive writing sprints of all time. What happens that Henry Wadsworth Longfellow has a poem about this very idea that no matter what has happened, no matter who we are, there is still time to become a better person or to do our

best work. In fact, this beautiful poem was written when Longfellow himself was quite old and well into the decline that every person experiences as they age and celebrating the 50th anniversary of his college graduation. It is not too late. He writes, ah, nothing is too late. Till the tired heart shall cease to palpitate, Kato learned Greek at 80, Sophocles wrote his grand edipists, and Simone dees bore off the prize of verse from his compires when each had numbered more than four score years.

And Theofastees at four score and 10 had but begun his characters of men, Chaucer at Woodstock with the Nightingales at 60 wrote the Cantorbury tales, Gerta at Weermar, Toiling to the last completed Faust when 80 years were passed. These are indeed exceptions, but they show how far the Gulf Stream of our youth may flow into the Arctic region of our youth may flow into the Arctic region of our lives

where little else then life itself survives. The point is, Aestoic doesn't give up. Aestoic doesn't resign themselves to lower standards or expect less of themselves. Aestoic doesn't ever really grow old because they refuse to accept that limitation. Instead, they remain active, they push themselves, they keep their minds sharp. No matter how old you are, this attitude would serve

you well. There is no time like the present, it is not too late. The Gulf Stream of Youth is still strong in you if you choose to let it be. Keep yourself young, don't let yourself harden. It's not too late. Nothing is too late. If you choose to see it that way, you still have time. So much time. Thanks for listening to The Daily Stood Podcast. And if you didn't know, I also have another podcast and daily email every day. I write something at dailydad.com, which gets delivered to thousands of people all over the world. I record the meditations just like this one on the podcast for free. So if you're a parent, if you know a parent, if you're an expecting parent,

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