Caroline Adams Miller

Very often there's people who, you know, every one of us, and I've certainly had times in my life myself, John, where I get up and I'm not that excited to go to work and I'm not that excited to be at work. And maybe I go out for a drink afterwards and it's just, you know, making the sounds and I'm just not feeling alive. So it's not that everything's falling apart or everything's terrible.

Very often there's people who, you know, every one of us, and I've certainly had times in my life myself, John, where I get up and I'm not that excited to go to work and I'm not that excited to be at work. And maybe I go out for a drink afterwards and it's just, you know, making the sounds and I'm just not feeling alive. So it's not that everything's falling apart or everything's terrible.

It just feels like the bucket's about 50 to 60% full, right? And that's a common condition. And some people, it reaches, it stays around for years. It becomes dysthymia. Life has a gray hue over it. And that's really an invitation to say, you know what? You may have the home or the apartment you want, or you might be working and you're getting there.

It just feels like the bucket's about 50 to 60% full, right? And that's a common condition. And some people, it reaches, it stays around for years. It becomes dysthymia. Life has a gray hue over it. And that's really an invitation to say, you know what? You may have the home or the apartment you want, or you might be working and you're getting there.

It just feels like the bucket's about 50 to 60% full, right? And that's a common condition. And some people, it reaches, it stays around for years. It becomes dysthymia. Life has a gray hue over it. And that's really an invitation to say, you know what? You may have the home or the apartment you want, or you might be working and you're getting there.

You're not, but no matter what you have and don't have, does your heart feel alive? Do you feel excited to get up this morning? Do you feel Like your life matters and that life matters and that everyone you encountered is an opportunity. Is the lights on or are the lights dim? And that's really, that's not a trap.

You're not, but no matter what you have and don't have, does your heart feel alive? Do you feel excited to get up this morning? Do you feel Like your life matters and that life matters and that everyone you encountered is an opportunity. Is the lights on or are the lights dim? And that's really, that's not a trap.

You're not, but no matter what you have and don't have, does your heart feel alive? Do you feel excited to get up this morning? Do you feel Like your life matters and that life matters and that everyone you encountered is an opportunity. Is the lights on or are the lights dim? And that's really, that's not a trap.

That is the door swinging open and saying, hey, let's go look for a landscape that's a little bit brighter. And I think in my understanding of what I've seen in the awakened brain and the neural correlates of the transcendent relationship, it's really turning to God or your higher power that awakens the lights.

That is the door swinging open and saying, hey, let's go look for a landscape that's a little bit brighter. And I think in my understanding of what I've seen in the awakened brain and the neural correlates of the transcendent relationship, it's really turning to God or your higher power that awakens the lights.

That is the door swinging open and saying, hey, let's go look for a landscape that's a little bit brighter. And I think in my understanding of what I've seen in the awakened brain and the neural correlates of the transcendent relationship, it's really turning to God or your higher power that awakens the lights.

And it's really doing that with other people, whether it's in a faith community or a service community, go out on Saturday and be part of the Habitat for Humanity that's rebuilding that fellow's house.

And it's really doing that with other people, whether it's in a faith community or a service community, go out on Saturday and be part of the Habitat for Humanity that's rebuilding that fellow's house.

And it's really doing that with other people, whether it's in a faith community or a service community, go out on Saturday and be part of the Habitat for Humanity that's rebuilding that fellow's house.

Go out on Sunday and be part of the service community that's bringing hot meals to people who've been evicted from their homes or who are displaced from their homes right now, right in a time of upheaval. When we serve, We are using the same part of the brain through which we talk to God. And what you do to my children, you do for me. And it's extraordinary.

Go out on Sunday and be part of the service community that's bringing hot meals to people who've been evicted from their homes or who are displaced from their homes right now, right in a time of upheaval. When we serve, We are using the same part of the brain through which we talk to God. And what you do to my children, you do for me. And it's extraordinary.

Go out on Sunday and be part of the service community that's bringing hot meals to people who've been evicted from their homes or who are displaced from their homes right now, right in a time of upheaval. When we serve, We are using the same part of the brain through which we talk to God. And what you do to my children, you do for me. And it's extraordinary.

John, the same neural circuits through which we talk and feel God's presence are the same neural circuits through which we feel God's love towards one another. So service is a direct way in. Even if you could be sour on your faith tradition, you could be someone who says, I didn't like how I was brought up and I didn't like how my grandma or my mom or my dad talked about religion.

John, the same neural circuits through which we talk and feel God's presence are the same neural circuits through which we feel God's love towards one another. So service is a direct way in. Even if you could be sour on your faith tradition, you could be someone who says, I didn't like how I was brought up and I didn't like how my grandma or my mom or my dad talked about religion.

John, the same neural circuits through which we talk and feel God's presence are the same neural circuits through which we feel God's love towards one another. So service is a direct way in. Even if you could be sour on your faith tradition, you could be someone who says, I didn't like how I was brought up and I didn't like how my grandma or my mom or my dad talked about religion.