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And in this worst place of human suffering, he came to a profound realization. Who was it among them that survived? It was not the strongest. It was not the smartest. It was the one who had meaning in their life. And the meaning had to be greater than the suffering.
I have a friend taking one of those GLP-1 drugs for the last year, and he just looks fantastic. He has shed pounds he has carried for 10, 20, 30 years. He is now walking, running, he has started to do weights. It has transformed his life completely.
Whether it is because we know what young people are like, or what old people are like, or because of the color of their skin, or their accent, or their community. LGBTQ, married, divorced, immigrant, you name the list. We put people into categories, and we prejudge them. Now, in one sense, we are not bad people. We are just a little blind when we do that. We do not do it intentionally, but our brains work that way.
We are the only human species that has survived hundreds of thousands of years. There were many human species, but only we remain. The reason, according to him, is not muscle strength, not our tools, and not even our brains, but because of our ability to tell a story. Storytelling. It is literally wired inside of us. It is what enables us as human beings to gather…
You know, every Christmas, Easter and Thanksgiving, we gather around the table with family and friends for a festive occasion. It takes weeks of anticipation and even weeks of preparation. We enjoy a wonderful moment when we gather, not so much the food, but what is all around that, all the family and friends gathering together to celebrate the occasion. They are really sacred moments.
If you think about an ordinary social interaction, that you might have at a party or some sort of scene, and you are meeting people for the first time, what is typically the first question after you have greeted? What do you do? And I am always reluctant to answer because they are so disappointed! They are like, "Oh, okay," and then the conversation comes to an end.
