The Daily Stoic - There’s No Such Thing As A Bad Thing
Episode Date: September 24, 2025We get to decide what things mean to us. We get to decide how we respond to things. 👉 Support the podcast and go deeper into Stoicism by subscribing to The Daily Stoic Premium - unlock ad-...free listening, early access, and bonus content: https://dailystoic.supercast.com/📖 Preorder the final book in Ryan Holiday's The Stoic Virtues Series: "Wisdom Takes Work": https://store.dailystoic.com/pages/wisdom-takes-work🎙️ Follow The Daily Stoic Podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dailystoicpodcast🎥 Watch top moments from The Daily Stoic Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dailystoicpodcast✉️ Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? Sign up for the FREE Daily Stoic email at https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail🏛 Get Stoic inspired books, medallions, and prints to remember these lessons at the Daily Stoic Store: https://store.dailystoic.com/📱 Follow 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.
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There's no such thing as a bad thing.
Of course, there are things that suck.
There are things that hurt, there is evil, there are scenarios that you dread that aren't fair,
there is stuff you try like hell to avoid.
But the Stoics knew that none of this was bad, as in bad for you, as in bad that it happened
to you, because we get to decide what things mean to us, because we get to decide how we
respond to things.
As a result, have the power to turn every bad thing into a good one.
Good fortune, Mark Sturbelius writes in Meditations, is good character, good intentions, good deeds.
And so it goes for us.
We can use this as an opportunity.
We can learn from it.
We can grow from it.
We can take the sting out of it.
If not for ourselves, then for others.
And in fact, that is one of the most powerful ways that we transform bad into good, for others and for those who come after us.
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