John R. Miles

Meaning, if your significance is never mirrored back to you, or does meaning require some form of being seen by others?

Right now, a lot of people are talking about the loneliness epidemic, which is real, but I'm wondering if we should be talking more about

how rarely we're talking about people being needed.

Do you think that's necessary now and that we should be doing that more?

One more just philosophical question for you.

One thing that worries me today is how good people have become at enduring lives that quietly drain them.

At what point does endurance stop being resilience and start becoming some kind of disappearance for people?

And is that part of why meaning is disappearing?

So last question for you, Arthur.

You've been spending years thinking and writing about happiness and meaning.

What part of the human ache do you still feel you don't quite have language for yet?

Arthur, I love the book.

I love this discussion.

And what I really took away from this is both sobering and hopeful.

Meaning hasn't disappeared, but our ways of living have made it much harder to see.

But with intention, courage, and devotion, it can return.

And I think it's such a powerful message.

For people who you're very discoverable, but for people who want to learn more, where's the best place for them to go?

i love that because to me it's kind of like a podcast episode i always do a companion workbook and i'll do one for this episode because it's one thing to hear information it's another thing to apply it in your life and that's what i'm trying to get people to do because if not what's the point exactly right john exactly right and that's what your work is doing it's enriched me and millions of other people so very much because you're going deep on the things that actually matter and i'm super appreciative and grateful to you for that

Well, Arthur, always such an honor to have you on the show.