Caroline Adams Miller
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Knowing that is not just, you know, okay, I'll pay attention to that. That is profoundly important. The most important information that we might perceive or receive. We're built for that. And our whole life fulfilling our purpose hinges on knowing the profundity and the ultimate importance and significance of knowing.
Knowing that is not just, you know, okay, I'll pay attention to that. That is profoundly important. The most important information that we might perceive or receive. We're built for that. And our whole life fulfilling our purpose hinges on knowing the profundity and the ultimate importance and significance of knowing.
John, you have put your finger directly on the epidemic of our time. So the epidemic in all decades of life, but particularly for people right now in their teens and 20s and 30s, the rate of death by suicide rivals the rate of death by auto accident is the number one killer of high school students. I mean, this is a dystopic. I'm in my 50s. If you told me 40 years ago,
John, you have put your finger directly on the epidemic of our time. So the epidemic in all decades of life, but particularly for people right now in their teens and 20s and 30s, the rate of death by suicide rivals the rate of death by auto accident is the number one killer of high school students. I mean, this is a dystopic. I'm in my 50s. If you told me 40 years ago,
John, you have put your finger directly on the epidemic of our time. So the epidemic in all decades of life, but particularly for people right now in their teens and 20s and 30s, the rate of death by suicide rivals the rate of death by auto accident is the number one killer of high school students. I mean, this is a dystopic. I'm in my 50s. If you told me 40 years ago,
that young people were going to die foremost by suicide. I wouldn't have believed it. I didn't know anyone who'd taken their life. And yet I have three children in their twenties and every one of them has talked a friend back from suicide. And when my daughter was in middle school, she came and she said, mommy, Peter's not in school today. Something's terribly wrong.
that young people were going to die foremost by suicide. I wouldn't have believed it. I didn't know anyone who'd taken their life. And yet I have three children in their twenties and every one of them has talked a friend back from suicide. And when my daughter was in middle school, she came and she said, mommy, Peter's not in school today. Something's terribly wrong.
that young people were going to die foremost by suicide. I wouldn't have believed it. I didn't know anyone who'd taken their life. And yet I have three children in their twenties and every one of them has talked a friend back from suicide. And when my daughter was in middle school, she came and she said, mommy, Peter's not in school today. Something's terribly wrong.
And I said, oh, here's the flu. She was in eighth grade. And she said, no, mommy, I know something's wrong. We have to call his home. So we do. The mom picks up and she asks us to forward another number onto an inpatient unit to talk to Peter, who has carved a heart in his leg with a knife because his parents are separated. There's just a level of suffering in young people.
And I said, oh, here's the flu. She was in eighth grade. And she said, no, mommy, I know something's wrong. We have to call his home. So we do. The mom picks up and she asks us to forward another number onto an inpatient unit to talk to Peter, who has carved a heart in his leg with a knife because his parents are separated. There's just a level of suffering in young people.
And I said, oh, here's the flu. She was in eighth grade. And she said, no, mommy, I know something's wrong. We have to call his home. So we do. The mom picks up and she asks us to forward another number onto an inpatient unit to talk to Peter, who has carved a heart in his leg with a knife because his parents are separated. There's just a level of suffering in young people.
And you have hit the nail on the head. Statistically speaking, through the lens of research with the decline of in family faith tradition, whether they're Christian or Jewish or Hindu, whatever their tradition may be, with the decline in personal spiritual life has concomitantly been a statistically related skyrocket
And you have hit the nail on the head. Statistically speaking, through the lens of research with the decline of in family faith tradition, whether they're Christian or Jewish or Hindu, whatever their tradition may be, with the decline in personal spiritual life has concomitantly been a statistically related skyrocket
And you have hit the nail on the head. Statistically speaking, through the lens of research with the decline of in family faith tradition, whether they're Christian or Jewish or Hindu, whatever their tradition may be, with the decline in personal spiritual life has concomitantly been a statistically related skyrocket
in the diseases of despair, suicide, addiction, depression, the two go hand in hand. So the most important thing we can do for ourselves is to cultivate and open up our spiritual life. And the only thing I need to do as a parent beyond love, protect and keep safe is cultivate my child's spiritual life. It is the most important contribution we make.
in the diseases of despair, suicide, addiction, depression, the two go hand in hand. So the most important thing we can do for ourselves is to cultivate and open up our spiritual life. And the only thing I need to do as a parent beyond love, protect and keep safe is cultivate my child's spiritual life. It is the most important contribution we make.
in the diseases of despair, suicide, addiction, depression, the two go hand in hand. So the most important thing we can do for ourselves is to cultivate and open up our spiritual life. And the only thing I need to do as a parent beyond love, protect and keep safe is cultivate my child's spiritual life. It is the most important contribution we make.
The uncertainty in our times, not getting my way is profound. My team may well not win the election. My community is shifting in a way that's unfamiliar to me. There's so much going on right now, and certainly the natural disasters. And in this time of real flocks, Right.
The uncertainty in our times, not getting my way is profound. My team may well not win the election. My community is shifting in a way that's unfamiliar to me. There's so much going on right now, and certainly the natural disasters. And in this time of real flocks, Right.
The uncertainty in our times, not getting my way is profound. My team may well not win the election. My community is shifting in a way that's unfamiliar to me. There's so much going on right now, and certainly the natural disasters. And in this time of real flocks, Right.