[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":45},["ShallowReactive",2],{"stoicism-article-09/13":3},{"path":4,"stem":5,"title":6,"description":7,"meta":8,"body":24},"/stoicism/09/13","stoicism/09/13","Protecting Our Inner Fortress From Fear","Meditation for September 13, 2021",{"quotes":9,"last_updated_at":15,"tags":16,"categories":20,"changeFreq":22,"backgroundImage":23},[10],{"quote":11},{"content":12,"author":13,"source":14},"No, it is events that give rise to fear — when another has power over them or can prevent them, that person becomes able to inspire fear. How is the fortress destroyed? Not by iron or fire, but by judgments … here is where we must begin, and it is from this front that we must seize the fortress and throw out the tyrants.","Epictetus","Discourses, 4.1.85-86;87a","2021-09-13T07:00:00",[17,18,19],"stoicism","fortitude","resilience",[21,17],"meditation","never","/IMG_8361.jpg",{"type":25,"value":26,"toc":39},"minimark",[27,31,36],[28,29,30],"p",{},"Ponder everything that is outside our control. Our wealth, status, job, and our health are just a few to name.\nStoicism also reminds us that we control our reasoned choices.",[32,33,35],"h3",{"id":34},"conclusion","Conclusion",[28,37,38],{},"Fear has the power to derail a reasoned choice. We can lock up because of fear.  We can become irrational. Don't betray\nthe inner fortress that guards our soul.",{"title":40,"searchDepth":41,"depth":41,"links":42},"",2,[43],{"id":34,"depth":44,"text":35},3,1793716906264]