{"id":8634,"date":"2020-05-18T17:55:57","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T21:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailystoic.com\/?p=8634"},"modified":"2020-05-18T17:55:57","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T21:55:57","slug":"bring-on-your-wrecking-ball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailystoic.com\/bring-on-your-wrecking-ball\/","title":{"rendered":"Bring On Your Wrecking Ball"},"content":{"rendered":"

What does a Stoic say to adversity? To recessions? <\/span>To pandemics<\/span><\/a>? To setbacks and struggles and months stuck inside? To uncertainty and cramped quarters and a collapse of confidence? What do they say to the looming question that has so many people scared\u2014\u201cWhat if things get worse?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

They say what the Spartans say: <\/span>They say <\/span>if<\/span><\/i><\/a>.<\/span><\/i> They say <\/span>what Bruce Springsteen said<\/span><\/a>:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Bring on your wrecking ball<\/span><\/p>\n

Come on and take your best shot, let me see what you’ve got<\/span><\/p>\n

Bring on your wrecking ball<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Marcus Aurelius<\/span><\/a> didn\u2019t believe that it was unfortunate that bad things happened to him. He said, \u201c<\/span>No, this is fortunate that <\/span>it happened to me<\/span><\/i><\/a>.<\/span><\/i>\u201d Because not everyone would have been able to handle it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But you can. Because you trained for this. Because you know how to find the opportunity inside of difficulty, because you have harnessed <\/span>the power of <\/span>amor fati.<\/span><\/i><\/a> Other people might be thrown back by what has happened, others still might be able to muddle through, but not you. <\/span>You\u2019re going to be <\/span>improved by this<\/span><\/i><\/a>.<\/span><\/i> You\u2019re going to triumph over this.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s why you say: Bring it on. That\u2019s why you say hit me with your best shot. Because you have plans to use it. Because you\u2019re going to step up and make something of this moment. Because you know that\u2019s the only part of this that\u2019s up to you. <\/span><\/p>\n

P.S.\u00a0<\/i>This was originally sent<\/i><\/span><\/a> on May 19, 2020. Sign up today for <\/i>the Daily Stoic\u2019s email<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0and get our popular\u00a0<\/i>free 7-day course on Stoicism.\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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