[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":53},["ShallowReactive",2],{"stoicism-article-09/29":3},{"path":4,"stem":5,"title":6,"description":7,"meta":8,"body":24},"/stoicism/09/29","stoicism/09/29","Your Actual Needs Are Small","Meditation for September 29, 2021",{"quotes":9,"last_updated_at":15,"tags":16,"categories":20,"changeFreq":22,"backgroundImage":23},[10],{"quote":11},{"content":12,"author":13,"source":14},"Nothing can satisfy greed, but even a small measure satisfies nature. So it is that the poverty of an exile brings no misfortune, for no place of exile is so barren as not to produce ample support for a person.","Seneca","On Consolation To Helvia, 10.11b","2021-09-29T07:00:00",[17,18,19],"stoicism","fortitude","resilience",[21,17],"meditation","never","/IMG_8466.jpg",{"type":25,"value":26,"toc":47},"minimark",[27,36,39,44],[28,29,30,31,35],"p",{},"As we mature, our ",[32,33,34],"em",{},"needs"," mature. Grabbing coffee at the convenience store became a routine of picking up a large latte\nwith a half shot of caramel at Caribou. We need to upgrade our vehicle, which happened to be your grandparent's old\nChevy Citation.",[28,37,38],{},"As we achieve success, we forget how we ever survived on much less. But the truth is that we still found joy in those\ntimes we had less. We endured without wanting much more.",[40,41,43],"h3",{"id":42},"conclusion","Conclusion",[28,45,46],{},"Remembering what we had and where we came from can provide some peace. We should not be afraid to lose everything and\nstart over. We have gotten by on much less, and we can continue to do so.",{"title":48,"searchDepth":49,"depth":49,"links":50},"",2,[51],{"id":42,"depth":52,"text":43},3,1793716906714]