I'm Oprah Winfrey. Welcome to Super Soul Conversations, the podcast. I believe that one of

the most valuable gifts you can give yourself is time, taking time to be more fully present.

Your journey to become more inspired and connected to the deeper world around us starts right

now.

It's been nearly 40 years since Jimmy Carter, a peanut farmer and former governor from

Plains, Georgia, was elected president of the United States. In the decades since he was

the leader of the free world, Jimmy Carter has traveled the globe with Rosalyn by his side

in service to people struggling with disease, poverty and war. His lifelong work earned him

a Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. Now in his 29th book, a New York Times best seller called

a full life, President Carter uses his faith as the lens through which he views all things.

So welcome, you're the first president. Well, I'm delighted to be here. It's a beautiful

place and thank you for letting me come. Thank you, thank you. Super Soul Sunday, we

try to talk about how our spirituality enacted in our lives, how our faith shows up in real

works. So I want to talk to you a lot about that if you will today.

I always wanted to ask you this, even years ago when you and Mrs. Carter were on the

Oprah show, I thought to ask this question and didn't. I always wonder what happens in

the helicopter ride out when you are leaving the White House for the final time and you're

in that helicopter and we're getting ready to inaugurate the next president and you

are in that, you board those steps, you get in that chopper, that door closes and what

is that feeling? Is the feeling? Well, mine was exhilaration. Really?

And Thanksgiving, that the hostages were finally released because I hadn't been to bed

for three days and three nights. Wow. In November 1979, 66 Americans were taken hostage

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