Sebastian Junger

She was one of those ICU nurses, right?

I liked her enormously.

And she was like, try this.

instead of thinking about it like something scary, try thinking about it like something sacred.

She walked out like a hell of a thing to say to an atheist, right?

So, you know, for me, all those wonderful words like blessing and sacred, you know, they have beautiful secular meanings as well.

So I feel entitled to interpret them in my own way.

And for me,

Something sacred is anything that allows – as I was saying before, any work, any task, any knowledge, anything that allows people to live with more dignity, with less fear, more connection, more love that just helps the human condition a little bit.

Like that's sacred knowledge, right?

You know, it could be a minister.

Right.

It could be a shrink.

It could be a journalist.

Right.

It could be you could be doing sacred work for people.

I'm sure you are.

And so, you know, the things that you say are helping people navigate their painful lives.

Yeah, bro.

Absolutely.