Andrew Forsthoefel: Walking to Listen, a 4,000 Mile Odyssey.
Good Life Project
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4.5 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 15 May 2017
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Guest: Andrew Forsthoefel is a writer, radio producer, public speaker, and author of Walking to Listen: 4,000 Miles Across America, One Story at a Time
Story: At 23, Andrew walked out the back door of his home in Pennsylvania, with a backpack and a sign that read “Walking to Listen.” Some 4,000 miles and countless conversations later, he found himself on the West Coast. More important, he found so many stories of grace and struggle, beauty and humanity.
Big idea(s): When you see everyone as your equal and your teacher, the world becomes an astonishing place.
You'd never guess: How a simple act of kindness from a random trucker left him weeping along the highway.
Current passion project: Facilitating workshops on walking and listening as practices in personal transformation, interconnection, and conflict resolution.
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| 0:00.0 | You know, seeing them as worthy of my time and attention, worthy of their place in the |
| 0:09.9 | world, you know, seeing them as if they belonged, seeing them as if they might have something |
| 0:15.4 | to offer and asking people questions in that way, allowed them to sing songs they never |
| 0:23.1 | even realized they had in them. |
| 0:25.2 | And so in seeing people this way, it often had the effect of inviting them to see me that |
| 0:32.3 | way. |
| 0:33.4 | And when we were seeing, when there was that mutual sort of osmotic flow of respect, even |
| 0:42.0 | reverence, you know, love is a word that can be used to describe that kind of space. |
| 0:50.2 | And today's guest, Andrew 4th, Suffol, was 23 years old, fresh out of college. |
| 0:55.4 | He had some big decisions to make about what he wanted to do as his next step. |
| 0:59.7 | Well, he decided to turn that next step into a 4,000 mile solo walk across the United |
| 1:06.6 | States. |
| 1:07.6 | He was in his words, walking to listen. |
| 1:10.2 | He wanted to go and explore and ask people about their lives and their stories and what |
| 1:15.4 | mattered and who they were and do it on the ground while processing this move. |
| 1:20.2 | And he was moving his own body and pushing himself physically. |
| 1:23.0 | What unfolded was an absolutely astonishing journey with stories that changed his life |
| 1:28.3 | in a really profound way. |
| 1:30.1 | And he's written into a powerful book called Walking to Listen. |
| 1:34.8 | And I really enjoyed being able to share in that journey with him and some of his beautiful |
| 1:40.4 | stories and awakenings. |
| 1:41.9 | I hope you enjoy his journey as well. |
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