Jordan Jonas

one of the things that really impacted me when i was a young man and i read the gulag archipelago was don't pursue happiness because the the ingredients to happiness can be taken from you outside of your control your health your but pursue like a spiritual fullness pursue um

pursue i think he words it duty and then happiness may come alongside or it may not but so he gave the example that i thought was really interesting in the prison camps everybody's trying to survive and they've made that their ultimate goal i will get through this and then And they've all basically turned into animals in pursuit of that goal and like lying and cheating and stealing.

pursue i think he words it duty and then happiness may come alongside or it may not but so he gave the example that i thought was really interesting in the prison camps everybody's trying to survive and they've made that their ultimate goal i will get through this and then And they've all basically turned into animals in pursuit of that goal and like lying and cheating and stealing.

pursue i think he words it duty and then happiness may come alongside or it may not but so he gave the example that i thought was really interesting in the prison camps everybody's trying to survive and they've made that their ultimate goal i will get through this and then And they've all basically turned into animals in pursuit of that goal and like lying and cheating and stealing.

And then he was like, somehow the corrupt Orthodox Church produced these little babushkas who were like candles in the middle of all this darkness because they did not allow their soul to get corrupted. And he's like, what they did do is they died. They all died, but they were lights while they were alive and lost their lives, but they didn't lose their souls.

And then he was like, somehow the corrupt Orthodox Church produced these little babushkas who were like candles in the middle of all this darkness because they did not allow their soul to get corrupted. And he's like, what they did do is they died. They all died, but they were lights while they were alive and lost their lives, but they didn't lose their souls.

And then he was like, somehow the corrupt Orthodox Church produced these little babushkas who were like candles in the middle of all this darkness because they did not allow their soul to get corrupted. And he's like, what they did do is they died. They all died, but they were lights while they were alive and lost their lives, but they didn't lose their souls.

So for myself, that was really powerful to read and realize that the pursuit of happiness wasn't exactly what I wanted to aim at. I wanted to aim at living out my life according to love, like we talked about earlier. Trying to be that candle. Trying to be that candle. Yeah, make that your ideal. And then in doing so, it was interesting.

So for myself, that was really powerful to read and realize that the pursuit of happiness wasn't exactly what I wanted to aim at. I wanted to aim at living out my life according to love, like we talked about earlier. Trying to be that candle. Trying to be that candle. Yeah, make that your ideal. And then in doing so, it was interesting.

So for myself, that was really powerful to read and realize that the pursuit of happiness wasn't exactly what I wanted to aim at. I wanted to aim at living out my life according to love, like we talked about earlier. Trying to be that candle. Trying to be that candle. Yeah, make that your ideal. And then in doing so, it was interesting.

So for me personally, my personal experience of that is I thought when I went to Russia that I kind of gave up. I was like in my 20s. I spent my whole 20s living in teepees and doing all this stuff that I thought I should be getting a job. I should be pursuing a career. I should get an education of some sort. Like what am I doing for my future? But I felt I knew where my purpose was.

So for me personally, my personal experience of that is I thought when I went to Russia that I kind of gave up. I was like in my 20s. I spent my whole 20s living in teepees and doing all this stuff that I thought I should be getting a job. I should be pursuing a career. I should get an education of some sort. Like what am I doing for my future? But I felt I knew where my purpose was.

So for me personally, my personal experience of that is I thought when I went to Russia that I kind of gave up. I was like in my 20s. I spent my whole 20s living in teepees and doing all this stuff that I thought I should be getting a job. I should be pursuing a career. I should get an education of some sort. Like what am I doing for my future? But I felt I knew where my purpose was.

I knew what my calling was. I'm just going to do it. And it sounds glamorous now when I talk about it, but it sucked a lot of the times. And it was a lot of, a lot of loneliness, a lot of like, giving up what I wanted, a lot of watching people I cared about. You know, you put all this effort in and then you just see the people that you could put all this effort and just die and this and that.

I knew what my calling was. I'm just going to do it. And it sounds glamorous now when I talk about it, but it sucked a lot of the times. And it was a lot of, a lot of loneliness, a lot of like, giving up what I wanted, a lot of watching people I cared about. You know, you put all this effort in and then you just see the people that you could put all this effort and just die and this and that.

I knew what my calling was. I'm just going to do it. And it sounds glamorous now when I talk about it, but it sucked a lot of the times. And it was a lot of, a lot of loneliness, a lot of like, giving up what I wanted, a lot of watching people I cared about. You know, you put all this effort in and then you just see the people that you could put all this effort and just die and this and that.

And then it was that happened all the time. And then the other thing I thought I gave up was like a relationship because you couldn't, you know, I wasn't going to find a partner over there. And so interestingly enough, now in life, I can look back and be like, whoa, weird. Those two things I thought I gave up.

And then it was that happened all the time. And then the other thing I thought I gave up was like a relationship because you couldn't, you know, I wasn't going to find a partner over there. And so interestingly enough, now in life, I can look back and be like, whoa, weird. Those two things I thought I gave up.

And then it was that happened all the time. And then the other thing I thought I gave up was like a relationship because you couldn't, you know, I wasn't going to find a partner over there. And so interestingly enough, now in life, I can look back and be like, whoa, weird. Those two things I thought I gave up.

is where i've been like almost provided for the most in life now i have this this career guiding people in the wilderness that i love like i genuinely love it i find purpose in it i know it's healthy and good for people and then i have an amazing wife and an amazing family like how did that happen but i didn't exactly aim at it i like i i consciously in a way