Arthur Brooks
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Job's wife is the one who says, curse God and die, right? Interestingly, chapter 38 of Job is where he puts God in the dock and he says, you know, All right, everybody told me to curse you and die and all that, all this bad stuff. So what gives? I'm a righteous man, what gives? And then God actually turns it around and says, what do you know? You're so smart.
Job's wife is the one who says, curse God and die, right? Interestingly, chapter 38 of Job is where he puts God in the dock and he says, you know, All right, everybody told me to curse you and die and all that, all this bad stuff. So what gives? I'm a righteous man, what gives? And then God actually turns it around and says, what do you know? You're so smart.
Job's wife is the one who says, curse God and die, right? Interestingly, chapter 38 of Job is where he puts God in the dock and he says, you know, All right, everybody told me to curse you and die and all that, all this bad stuff. So what gives? I'm a righteous man, what gives? And then God actually turns it around and says, what do you know? You're so smart.
Where were you when I created the stars and the sky?
Where were you when I created the stars and the sky?
Where were you when I created the stars and the sky?
And then Job accepts that.
And then Job accepts that.
And then Job accepts that.
Exactly right.
Exactly right.
Exactly right.
Self-management is the essence of, well, humility requires self-management too. We're not evolved to be humble. We are evolved as tribal societies to be humbled. but not to be humble. To be voluntarily humble is a decision that can actually lead us to live our best lives. Right, that's wisdom. And that's the 30th chapter of Job. That's the capstone of that thing.
Self-management is the essence of, well, humility requires self-management too. We're not evolved to be humble. We are evolved as tribal societies to be humbled. but not to be humble. To be voluntarily humble is a decision that can actually lead us to live our best lives. Right, that's wisdom. And that's the 30th chapter of Job. That's the capstone of that thing.
Self-management is the essence of, well, humility requires self-management too. We're not evolved to be humble. We are evolved as tribal societies to be humbled. but not to be humble. To be voluntarily humble is a decision that can actually lead us to live our best lives. Right, that's wisdom. And that's the 30th chapter of Job. That's the capstone of that thing.
That's the big point at the end of the day where he is victorious, but still doesn't understand, puts God in the dock, and then is taught humility and accepts that humility and thrives.
That's the big point at the end of the day where he is victorious, but still doesn't understand, puts God in the dock, and then is taught humility and accepts that humility and thrives.
That's the big point at the end of the day where he is victorious, but still doesn't understand, puts God in the dock, and then is taught humility and accepts that humility and thrives.
And again, he wasn't a hedonist in the modern sense. He was actually a highly moral character. But the whole point is to have peace in your life and surround yourself with people who like you and to have non-disagreeable conversations and to set your life up that has as little conflict as possible, which is catastrophically wrong.
And again, he wasn't a hedonist in the modern sense. He was actually a highly moral character. But the whole point is to have peace in your life and surround yourself with people who like you and to have non-disagreeable conversations and to set your life up that has as little conflict as possible, which is catastrophically wrong.