The Daily Stoic - The Only Revenge Worth Getting

Episode Date: November 28, 2023

Unfortunately, it’s been happening for a long time: People doing horrible things to each other. Marcus Aurelius was betrayed. Seneca was exiled on trumped-up charges. There were Stoics who were cheated on. There were Stoics who were persecuted. Stoics who were tortured.How did they get over it? Did they get even? Get justice? The great Dr. Edith Eger (whose books we highly recommend and has been on The Daily Stoic Podcast twice) endured the Holocaust at Auschwitz. She was a victim of one of the most heinous crimes in human history. How did she get over it? Did she get even? Get justice?✉️ Sign up for the Daily Stoic email: https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail🏛 Check out the Daily Stoic Store for Stoic inspired products, signed books, and more.📱 Follow us: Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, TikTok, FacebookSee 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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The only revenge worth getting. Unfortunately, it's been happening for a long time. People doing horrible things to each other. Marcus Aurelius was betrayed. Senica was exiled on trumped-up charges. There were still ex who were cheated on. There were still ex who were persecuted. There were still ex who are tortured. How did they get over it? How did they get even get justice? The great doctor Edith Eager whose books I've raved about here and she's been on the daily so-of-parkest twice, you absolutely should listen. She endured the Holocaust at Auschwitz. She was a victim of one of the most heinous crimes

in human history. How did she get over it? How did she get even get justice? As she recently said, my ultimate revenge against Hitler is kissing my great-grandchildren at the age of 95. I took back my power and decided not just to live, but to thrive. Marcus really reminded himself in his meditations, perhaps after his betrayal, that the best revenge is not to be like that. He was saying that he had no choice about what was done to him, but he could choose not to be consumed by anger or in need to punish. He could choose not to be better.

He could choose to be happy and to do good, to hug his kids and live his life. Whatever has been done to us, minor or major, we have this choice too. We can take back our power and decide not just to live, but to thrive. We can decide not to be like the people who did us wrong. We can choose to be better, to be happy, to do good.

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