The Daily Stoic - It Happens To The Best of Us

Episode Date: March 25, 2022

Ryan talks about how important of a reminder Memento Mori really is.Pick up a Memento Mori medallion or a Dance of Death Print at store.dailystoic.comSign 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 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 at dailysteal.com. It happens to the best of us. They conquered continents. They vanquished their political enemies. They gathered enormous fortunes. They uttered remarks for the

ages. And then, then they died. We've talked about the poem from Robert Southwell upon the image of death before, but he expressed it well. Though all the east had quaked the hear of Alexander's dreadful name, and all the west did likewise fear to hear of Julius Caesar's fame, yet both by death and dust now lie, who then can escape, but he must die. As Marcus really is himself observed, Alexander the Great and his mule driver are both buried in the same ground, and of course Marcus knew that he himself would

follow it, the same place in the same ground with his own valet, just as you will. Just as everyone will. And no amount of accomplishment allows us to escape this nothing exempts us. It is a fact. So stop wasting your time pretending otherwise. Instead, as Southwell recommends, amend your life while you still can. In mortality, please, we are mortal, our legacies are finite, our names are not written in stone, but in sand on the shores of time. our names are not written in stone but in sand on the shores of time. Get over it. Try to do good while you can. Forget thinking that achieving greatness will keep you from ground shared by those who came before you. And that's to me what the idea of Momentumori is, why carry this reminder with me, why I've got a print of it hanging on my wall. It's just a reminder, it's a humbler.

That's what momentum worry does. It doesn't just put our time and perspective. It should humble us, it should put our things in perspective. And it should remind us that being good now is the only thing that counts. Being evil and awful, but you accomplish great things. Again, you don't take that with you when you die. So try to be good now. A'm going to manage your life while you still can.

As Southwell says, and maybe this little reminder will be helpful for you. You can check it out. It's store.dailystoic.com. 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. Hey there listeners! While we take a little break here, I want to tell you about another podcast that I think you'll like.

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