[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":57},["ShallowReactive",2],{"stoicism-article-12/23":3},{"path":4,"stem":5,"title":6,"description":7,"meta":8,"body":23},"/stoicism/12/23","stoicism/12/23","What Are You So Afraid Of Losing","Meditation for December 23, 2021",{"quotes":9,"last_updated_at":15,"tags":16,"categories":19,"changeFreq":21,"backgroundImage":22},[10],{"quote":11},{"content":12,"author":13,"source":14},"You are afraid of dying. But, come now, how is this life of yours anything but death?","Seneca","Moral Letters, 77.18","2021-12-23T06:51:00",[17,18],"stoicism","mortality",[20,17],"meditation","never","/IMG_D283D3FB2844.jpg",{"type":24,"value":25,"toc":51},"minimark",[26,35,38,43,48],[27,28,29,30,34],"p",{},"The opposite of death is life. Life is more than just ",[31,32,33],"em",{},"living",".",[27,36,37],{},"Why do we fear death? Is the answer because we need more hours to scroll through Facebook? Perhaps we are afraid we will\nnot be able to keep toeing the line at a boring job?",[27,39,40,41,34],{},"These examples hardly paint a picture of someone who is ",[31,42,33],{},[44,45,47],"h3",{"id":46},"conclusion","Conclusion",[27,49,50],{},"Seneca is reminding us that a life not full of living, is not much of a life at all. Adrenaline is not necessary to fill\nus with life. We don't have to go skydiving or bungee jumping to be living. Living could be something as simple as\nspending the day hiking a trail near your home. Putting in a few hours splitting wood. Spending twenty minutes with a\npen and paper to record what you are grateful for.",{"title":52,"searchDepth":53,"depth":53,"links":54},"",2,[55],{"id":46,"depth":56,"text":47},3,1793716909198]