How Stories Teach Us The Truth | Reduce Wants, Increase Happiness

<p>“They seem silly. Aesop tells us stories about dogs and mice and foxes and lions. Children love them of course. Isn’t that proof that they’re childish?”</p><p>Ryan explains why all stories are windows into the truth, and reads this week’s meditation from <a href='https://geni.us/40jUiA'>The Daily Stoic Journal</a>, on today’s Daily Stoic Podcast.</p><p>Pre-order <a href='https://dailystoic.com/king'><em>The Boy Who Would Be King</em></a><em>, </em>our newest release at Daily Stoic, written by Ryan Holiday in the depths of the pandemic (not unlike the one Marcus ruled through), this new beautifully crafted book is available for preorder now. As a special bonus, if you order this book before March 9th, 2021, you’ll get a FREE audiobook version as well. Go to <a href='http://dailystoic.com/king'>dailystoic.com/king</a> to pre-order now and you’ll automatically get the free book.</p><p>This episode is also brought to you by <a href='http://publicgoods.com/STOIC'>Public Goods</a>, the one stop shop for sustainable, high quality everyday essentials made from clean ingredients at an affordable price. Everything from coffee to toilet paper &amp; shampoo to pet food. <a href='http://publicgoods.com/STOIC'>Public Goods</a> is your new everything store, thoughtfully designed for the conscious consumer. Receive $15 off your first <a href='http://publicgoods.com/STOIC'>Public Goods</a> order with no minimum purchase. Just go to <a href='http://publicgoods.com/STOIC'>publicgoods.com/STOIC</a> or use code STOIC at checkout.</p><p><br/></p><p>***</p><p>If you enjoyed this week’s podcast, we’d love for you to leave a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps with our visibility, and the more people listen to the podcast, the more we can invest into it and make it even better.</p><p>Sign up for the Daily Stoic email: <a href='http://dailystoic.com/signup'>http://DailyStoic.com/signup</a></p><p>Follow Daily Stoic:</p><p>Twitter: <a href='https://twitter.com/dailystoic'>https://twitter.com/dailystoic</a></p><p>Instagram: <a href='https: