There’s No Such Thing As A Bad Thing

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1:00from 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, visit dailystoic.com.

1:27There'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 Sturelius writes in meditations, is good character, good intentions, good deeds. And so it goes for us.

2:13We 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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