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Don’t Let This Crush You | Make Honesty Your Only Policy

Don’t Let This Crush You | Make Honesty Your Only Policy

The Daily Stoic
Oct 16, 2023 9 min
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<p>This life thing: It’s wonderful. We are sentient beings. The apex predators at the top of the food chain. We have brilliant technology, incredible pleasures, as well as talents and skills that bring us joy and success.</p><p>And guess what? We’re still gonna die. Each and every one of us. That’s the thing about life. As wonderful as life is, none of us get out of it alive. We were born mortal. Born fragile. We have had a <a href="https://dailystoic.com/what-a-terminal-diagnosis-changes/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">terminal diagnosis</a> since birth.</p><p>--</p><p>And with today's meditation on the day's Daily Journal excerpt, Ryan reminds us to move with all things in moderation by having an identifiable approach on honesty. That we don't have as much time as we think we do. That’s why we created our own additions to the rich history of memento mori, including: The&nbsp;<a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/products/memento-mori" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">memento mori medallion</a>&nbsp;,&nbsp;<a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/products/memento-mori-premium-signet-ring" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">memento mori signet ring</a>&nbsp;And the&nbsp;<a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/products/memento-mori-pendant-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">memento mori pendant</a>, All these were created to remind us that we must live NOW, while there is still time.</p><p>⏳<em>&nbsp;You can view our entire Memento Mori Collection at&nbsp;</em><a href="http://dailystoic.com/mm" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>dailystoic.com/mm</em></a></p><p>✉️ Sign up for the Daily Stoic email:&nbsp;<a href="http://dailystoic.com/dailyemail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail</a></p><p>🏛 Check out the&nbsp;<a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily Stoic Store</a>&nbsp;for Stoic inspired products, signed books, and more.</p><p>📱 Follow us:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/dailystoic/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@daily_stoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TikTok</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a></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>

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