What it Takes to Make a Life Worth Living with Miroslav Volf
The One You Feed
Eric Zimmer
4.6 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 26 July 2024
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Miroslav Volf delves into the idea of what it takes to make a life worth living. He shares his understanding of the human experience and his unique perspective on nurturing meaningful connections. The discussion delves into the battle between good and bad within us, the impact of societal values, and the significance of introspection in nurturing the good within ourselves.
In this episode, you will be able to:
- Discover how to define a life worth living and find your true purpose
- Explore the impact of moral choices on happiness and fulfillment in life
- Find out how to balance your desires for a happy, healthy life and nurture meaningful connections
- Reflect on human agency and choice, and how they shape your life’s direction
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| 0:00.0 | Joy has aboutness about it. I rejoice over something, right? This is not I simply feel pleasure, but I rejoice over something good that has happened. Welcome to the one you feed. |
| 0:27.0 | Throughout time great thinkers have recognized the importance of the thoughts we have. Quotes like garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think, ring true. |
| 0:32.0 | And yet, for many of us us our thoughts don't strengthen or empower |
| 0:35.8 | us. We tend toward negativity, self-pity, jealousy, or fear. We see what we don't have instead of what we do. We think things that hold us back |
| 0:45.8 | and dampen our spirit. But it's not just about thinking. Our actions matter. It takes conscious, |
| 0:52.0 | consistent, and creative effort to make a life worth living. |
| 0:56.1 | This podcast is about how other people keep themselves moving in the right direction, how |
| 1:00.4 | they feed their good wolf. Back in 96, in 96, Atlanta was booming with excitement around hosting the Centennial Olympic Games. |
| 1:23.9 | And then, a deranged zealot, willing to kill for a cause, lit a fuse that would change my life |
| 1:30.0 | and so many others, forever. |
| 1:32.7 | Rippling out for generations. |
| 1:36.8 | Listen to Flashpoint on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, |
| 1:40.7 | or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:47.0 | Thanks for joining us. Our guest on this episode is Miraislav Volf. |
| 1:50.0 | He's the Henry B. Wright Professor of Theology at Yale Divinity School and |
| 1:54.7 | director of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture. |
| 1:57.9 | He's published and edited nine books and over 60 scholarly articles. |
| 2:02.4 | Today Eric and Mira Slav discuss his book, Life Worth Living, |
| 2:06.2 | a guide to what matters most. |
| 2:08.4 | I'm Mira Slav, welcome to the show. |
| 2:10.4 | It's great to be with you. |
| 2:11.4 | I'm really excited to have you on. We're going to be discussing your book which is called Life Worth Living in a few moments, but we're going to start like we always do with the parable. And the parable, there's a grandparent who's talking with their grandchild and they say in life there are two wolves inside of us that are always at battle. |
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