Rather than securing freedom from anxiety and ample provision to satisfy our desires, wealth actually increases our worry, insecurity, and desire for more. Evagrius of Pontus, one of the desert fathers, concurs: “A monk with many possessions is like a heavily laden boat that easily sinks in a sea storm. Just as a very leaky ship is submerged by each wave, so the person with many possessions is awash with his concerns.”

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