[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":61},["ShallowReactive",2],{"stoicism-article-09/27":3},{"path":4,"stem":5,"title":6,"description":7,"meta":8,"body":24},"/stoicism/09/27","stoicism/09/27","What Will Prosperity Reveal","Meditation for September 27, 2021",{"quotes":9,"last_updated_at":15,"tags":16,"categories":20,"changeFreq":22,"backgroundImage":23},[10],{"quote":11},{"content":12,"author":13,"source":14},"For even peace itself will supply more reason for worry. Not even safe circumstances will bring you confidence once your mind has been shocked — once it gets in the habit of blind panic, it can't provide for its own safety. For it doesn't really avoid danger, it just runs away. Yet we are exposed to greater danger with our backs turned.","Seneca","Moral Letters, 104.10b","2021-09-27T07:00:00",[17,18,19],"stoicism","fortitude","resilience",[21,17],"meditation","never","/IMG_8458.jpg",{"type":25,"value":26,"toc":56},"minimark",[27,35,48,53],[28,29,30,31,34],"p",{},"The authors of ",[32,33],"daily-stoic",{}," provide us with some good references to the effects of prosperity. They cite an old\nproverb, \"Money doesn't change people, it just makes them more of who they are.\"",[36,37,38,41],"block-quote",{},[28,39,40],{},"Power doesn't corrupt, it reveals.",[42,43,45],"template",{"v-slot:author":44},"",[28,46,47],{},"Robert Caro",[49,50,52],"h3",{"id":51},"conclusion","Conclusion",[28,54,55],{},"The authors point out that a Stoic would not wish for good fortune but instead wish for the strength of character that\nflourishes with prosperity.",{"title":44,"searchDepth":57,"depth":57,"links":58},2,[59],{"id":51,"depth":60,"text":52},3,1793716906642]