It’s not that the Stoics didn’t love. It’s not that they didn’t like the nice stuff that they had or the jobs they had worked hard to earn. Of course, they liked these things and would have preferred to keep them, would have preferred a world in which fortune was less fickle, where everything lasted and no one ever grieved or missed or regretted.When Richard Feynman was in high school, he fell in love with a woman named Arline Greenbaum. They had a lovely, youthful kind of happiness that seemed like it would last forever. But while Feynman was a graduate student at Princeton, Arline was diagnosed with tuberculosis. Despite the terminal diagnosis and their parents' protest, they married a year later. She died within a year and a half.&nbsp;✉️ Sign up for the Daily Stoic email:&nbsp; Check out the&nbsp;Daily Stoic Store&nbsp;for Stoic inspired products, signed books, and more.📱 Follow us:&nbsp;Instagram,&nbsp;Twitter,&nbsp;YouTube,&nbsp;TikTok,&nbsp;FacebookSee Privacy Policy at and California Privacy Notice at 

I'm Rob Brydon and welcome to my podcast, Brydon &. We are now in our third series. Among those still to come is Sir Michael Palin, the comedy duo Egg, and Robbie Williams. The list goes on. So do sit back and enjoy Brydon & on Amazon Music, Wondery+, or wherever you get your podcasts. Everyone leaves a legacy. I like Mr. Gorbachev. We can do business together. For some, the shadow falls across decades, even centuries. It is unacceptable to have figures like Rhodes glorified. But it also changes. Reputations are re-examined by new generations who may not like what they find. Picasso is undeniably a genius, but also a less-than-perfect human. From Wondery and Goldhanger Podcasts, I'm Afua Hirsch. I'm Peter Frankopan. And this is Legacy. A brand new show exploring the lives of some of the biggest characters in history. To find out what their past tells us about our present. Nina Simone was constantly told to sit down and shut up. You're the angry black woman. The name of Napoleon still rings out in the patter of the guides who thrive on the tourist trade. Binge entire seasons of Legacy ad-free on Amazon Music. Or listen weekly wherever you get your podcasts. 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 in everyday life. Each one of these passages is based on the 2,000-year-old philosophy that has guided some of history's greatest men and women. For more, you can visit us at DailyStoic.com. What comes next matters less. It's not that the Stoics didn't love. It's not that they didn't like the nice stuff they had or the jobs they worked hard to earn. Of course they liked these things, and they would have preferred to keep them. They would have preferred a world in which fortune was less fickle, where everything lasted and no one ever grieved or missed or regretted. When Richard Feynman was in high school, he fell in love with a woman named Arlene. They had a lovely, youthful kind of happiness that seemed like it would last forever. But while Feynman was a graduate student at Princeton, Arlene was diagnosed with tuberculosis. Despite the terminal diagnosis and their parents' protests, the two married a year later, and she died within 16 months. This was tragic and devastating, and it took a long time for Feynman to heal. It's wrong to think that a Stoic would be less devastated by such a loss. Cicero grieved deeply for his daughter. Seneca wrote three beautiful essays on grief, and Marcus Aurelius, as we talked about recently, grieved the children that he had lost. How did they carry on? In part by relying on an insight that Feynman also expressed. With Arlene, Feynman said, I was really happy for a while, so I've had it all. After Arlene, the rest of my life didn't have to be so good, you see, because I had already had it all. In Meditations, Marcus Aurelius talks about how just a day, just a minute of happiness, of perfection, of peace, is enough. And the same goes for the people we love, the things we've gotten to do, the glory we've experienced. That you have, or you have had it, or them, is itself a wonderful thing, something to be so grateful for. Whatever comes after, whatever fortune has in store for us for the future, it can't change that. It can't take away that we've had it all, and in fact, we need it less in the future now. What happens next matters less because of the wonderfulness of these few fleeting seconds. Hey, Prime Members, you can listen to The Daily Stoic early and ad-free on Amazon Music. Download the Amazon Music app today. Or you can listen early and ad-free with Wondery Plus in Apple Podcasts. Hi, it's me, the Grand Poobah of Bahumbug, the OG Green Grump, the Grinch. Tiz the Grinch Holiday Talk Show is a pathetic attempt by the people of Whoville to use my situation as a teachable moment. So join me, the Grinch, along with Cindy Lou Who, and of course my dog Max, every week for this complete waste of time. Listen as I launch a campaign against Christmas cheer, grilling celebrity guests like chestnuts on an open fire. They'll try to get my heart to grow a few sizes, but it's not going to work, honey. Your family will love the show. As you know, I'm famously great with kids. Follow Tiz the Grinch Holiday Talk Show on the Wondery app or wherever you get your podcasts. You can listen to Tiz the Grinch Holiday Talk Show early and ad-free right now by joining Wondery Plus.

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