The Daily Stoic - Here’s Why Worry Is Pointless

Episode Date: January 25, 2022

Ryan discusses the worthlessness of worry, on today’s Daily Stoic Podcast.Sign up for the Daily Stoic email: http://DailyStoic.com/emailFollow us: Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, TikTok, and FacebookSee 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 the good life. insight, wisdom necessary for living good life. Each one of these passages is based on the 2000 journaled philosophy that has guided some of history's greatest men and women. For more, you can visit us at dailystoic.com. Here's why worry is pointless. Humble people worry less than the arrogant.

Why is that? Because they aren't so conceited as to think that they have any idea or control over what may or may not happen. The poet Rilka put it well. Life is not even close to being as logically consistent as our worries. It has many more unexpected ideas and many more facts than we do. Worry is pointless not only because it rarely makes things better, but also because you're rarely ever worried about the right thing. Seneca's line was that nothing happens to the wise man contrary to his expectation.

By that, the arrogant person might take it to mean that the wise person is so smart that they are aware of all the possibilities. The humble soul knows that that is probably not what's sent a command. They know that it's more plausible that the wise are aware of Murphy's Law and the absurd randomness of the universe. That is, within the range of expectations of the wise man is the idea that just about anything can happen. Remember that today when you get anxious. The thing you're hoping won't happen or

hoping will happen. Well, it's just as likely that the world has entirely different plans for you. These plans are often things we couldn't have even comprehended, let alone, anticipated or prevented. So let go a little bit. Don't worry, it's unbecoming, it's arrogant. Be humble instead. Hey, Prime Members, you can listen to the Daily Stoic early and add free on Amazon Music, download the Amazon Music app today, or you can listen early and add free with Wondery Plus in Apple Podcasts.