Embracing the Messiness of Life: Finding Joy in Everyday Moments with Ross Gay

Joy is that thing that we enter when we practice our entanglement, when we actually submit to and practice being entangled with one another, which we are, when we can fight it, and when we fight it, that seems to lead to misery. But when we practice it, maybe that is joy. Welcome to the One You Feed. Throughout time, great thinkers have recognized the importance of the thoughts we have. Quotes like, garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think ring true.

And yet, for many of us, our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us. We tend toward negativity, self pity, jealousy, or fear. We see what we don't have instead of what we do. We think things that hold us back and dampen our spirit. But it's not just about thinking.

Our actions matter. It takes conscious, consistent, and creative effort to make a life worth living. This podcast is about how other people keep themselves moving in the right direction. How they feed their good wolf. There are moments in life when things don't get better, they just get more honest.

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