Do This. It’s Enough. | Ask Ds

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<p>As John Adams (detailed in David McCullough’s <a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/john-adams?_pos=1&amp;_sid=c1eb8455d&amp;_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">amazing biography</a>) wrote in his own old age, “You are not singular in your suspicions that you know but little. The longer I live, the more I read, the more patiently I think, and the more anxiously inquire, the less I seem to know…” Yet, Adams, like Marcus, still found himself returning to a set of ageless, universal principles. They found themselves <a href="https://dailystoic.com/its-really-that-simple/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">boiling things down</a> to their essence, into real and practical ‘epithets for the self’ as Marcus called them. Adams came up with these three commands, which he passed down to his granddaughter Caroline: “Do justly. Love mercy. Walk humbly. This is enough…”</p><p><em>P.S. “</em><a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/products/summum-bonum" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Summum Bonum</em></a><em>” is a phrase from Cicero that means “The Highest Good,”which for the Stoics meant pursuing a life of virtue. “Just that you do the right thing,” Marcus reminds us, “the rest doesn’t matter.” In a world full of selfishness, corruption, and pain, we need that reminder now more than ever. It’s why we created the “</em><a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/products/summum-bonum" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Summum Bonum</em></a><em>” medallion for you to carry around in your pocket and remember that no matter the circumstance, no matter how dire or desperate the situation, virtue is always the answer. </em><a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/products/summum-bonum" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Grab yours today</em></a><em>!</em></p><br><p><em>✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email:&nbsp;</em><a href="https://dailydad.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">DailyDad.com</a></p><p>📱 Follow Daily Dad:&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/dailydademail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/dailydad/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://facebook.com/dailydademail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/DailyDadYT" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube</a> &nbsp;&nbsp;</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>