The Daily Stoic - This Is Not What We Fight For

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Starting point is 00:01:43 to help you learn from them, to follow in their example, and to start your day off with a little dose of courage and discipline and justice and wisdom. For more, visitdailystoic.com. This is not what we fight for. They didn't give up. They defied the odds. They kept going when others were stymied.

Starting point is 00:02:19 They did difficult things. They sacrificed. They achieved. They made their mark. Contrary to the stereotype, the Stoics were not passive. They did impressive things. They were. were impressive people. They were fighters. But you know what? They, like the rest of us,

Starting point is 00:02:36 sometimes got carried away, sometimes hung on too long, went after the wrong things. Seneca criticized those thirsty old lawyers and politicians who kept at it, even into old age, terrified of irrelevance in the quiet life. Yet wasn't it Seneca who stayed too long in Nero's service? Wasn't it Seneca who traded too much of his dignity to get into and then stay at the center of things? And Cicero, didn't he do the same? Fighting for relevance and power in a fallen Rome instead of stepping away at some point swapping public service for personal glory. In Tennyson's poem about Odysseus, he points out that the man's determination was a double-edged sword. It got him home, but it made it impossible for him to enjoy being home. Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will,

Starting point is 00:03:27 Tennyson writes, to strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. It's not supposed to be an impressive picture, but a tragic one. These traits were not serving Odysseus, but torturing him. It's good that we are determined. It's good that we fight. It's good that we keep going. But we have to be sure we know when to stop, that we know what is actually worth prizing. We have to remember what Seneca himself pointed out but failed to believe, that poverty isn't just having too little. It is also the insatiable appetite for more, more, more. Look, ads are annoying. They are to be avoided, if at all possible. I understand as a content creator why they need to exist. That's why I don't begrudge them when they

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The Daily Stoic - This Is Not What We Fight For

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