Here i am reviewing and interpreting the book The Road to Character by David Brooks.
How we find meaning and authentic expression in life is not through avoiding suffering but how we deal with our subsequent demise. Whether through illness or other struggles we all need eachother to help pick ourselves up and make the world a better place.

00:00 Intro to the book The Road to Character (2015) - how I came across David
01:23 What is character? Not your cv description! but an authentic journey
03:00 Stumbling is part of life... "'sin' and humiliation are woven through life"
04:42 How you make meaning - shame /humiliation/ vindication vs responsibility and humility
06:10 How reaching out to others enables us to recover - engendering hope
07:41 The greater good rather than the suffering of the individual - redemption follows a willingness to reach out
09:05 From the valley to the vision is a journey to attachment and community - finding your tribe
10:30 Reverence gratitude and wonder as antidotes to depression
12:10 Acceptance - is changing the beliefs around your deservingness of love (worthiness)
13:00 Joy is for everyone not because you are perfect but from being authentic - a gift when you least expect it
14:00 Reach out for help if you need it!

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