[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":48},["ShallowReactive",2],{"stoicism-article-09/25":3},{"path":4,"stem":5,"title":6,"description":7,"meta":8,"body":24},"/stoicism/09/25","stoicism/09/25","The Vulnerability Of Dependence","Meditation for September 25, 2021",{"quotes":9,"last_updated_at":15,"tags":16,"categories":20,"changeFreq":22,"backgroundImage":23},[10],{"quote":11},{"content":12,"author":13,"source":14},"Show me someone who isn't a slave! One is a slave to lust, another to greed, another to power, and all are slaves to fear. I could name a former Consul who is a slave to a little old woman, a millionaire who is the slave of the cleaning woman &helips; No servitude is more abject than the self-imposed.","Seneca","Moral Letters, 47.17","2021-09-25T07:00:00",[17,18,19],"stoicism","fortitude","resilience",[21,17],"meditation","never","/IMG_8449.jpg",{"type":25,"value":26,"toc":42},"minimark",[27,31,34,39],[28,29,30],"p",{},"A slave to our desires. Can you cope with a day without your cell phone? A week without your morning coffee? A month\nwithout an adult beverage?",[28,32,33],{},"It seems absurd to think that we would be without these things in our \"first-world\" lives. Cell phone service can go\ndown. Doctors can suggest we remove caffeine or alcohol from our diets. They may seem like trivial losses, but how would\nyou react?",[35,36,38],"h3",{"id":37},"conclusion","Conclusion",[28,40,41],{},"Seneca would suggest that we voluntarily give up items we desire. Put your phone down. Cut out coffee or alcohol for a\nweek or a month. By making ourselves immune to our desires, we strengthen our resolve when what we desire is removed.",{"title":43,"searchDepth":44,"depth":44,"links":45},"",2,[46],{"id":37,"depth":47,"text":38},3,1793716906598]