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#366 - Embracing Life's Trials - A Stoic Perspective
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Brandon Tumblin
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Episode 366
“You know what, from my experience, what I found out? That God tests you to see how much of this you can take before you say, ‘Let’s just be finished with this.’ He wants to show you something. He wants to see how much you can take, how much you can handle of life. You say you love life? You want to live life? I’m gonna show you life. Life is beautiful, but you have to accept the good and the bad as being beautiful.”– Mike Tyson
At first glance, this quote might seem like an emotional reflection on life’s hardships, but underneath it lies one of the most deeply Stoic messages you could ever hear. It’s about embracing amor fati—the love of fate. It’s about seeing every part of life, including pain and loss, as necessary and even beautiful.
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At first glance, this quote might seem like an emotional reflection on life’s hardships, but underneath it lies one of the most deeply Stoic messages you could ever hear. It’s about embracing amor fati—the love of fate. It’s about seeing every part of life, including pain and loss, as necessary and even beautiful.
This podcast is listener-supported; if you would like to support the Strong Stoic (as well as gain access to exclusive content), you can do so on Patreon or Substack:
Patreon: www.patreon.com/brandontumblin
Substack: https://strongstoic.substack.com