2024-11-25
57 分钟Or is not something beautiful and lovely.
It makes us strong.
It makes us strong.
And it's not just bungee jumping in the Grand Canyon or big dramatic African safaris or, you know, deep sea diving, although you can find it in all of those things.
You can see it in your own potting beds.
You could see it in the park down the street.
If you're watching like I am at the moment, there's a little tree hollow where these little Lorikeet parrots have just had little babies and watching them every day.
And you can see it in the extraordinary decency of a neighbor.
It's in ultimately expanding.
It connects you to other people and it is the very best of who we are.
So have you ever been so deeply moved by witnessing an act of grace or moral beauty that it viscerally shook you?
I remember one night in New York at the height of the pandemic when the city felt like kind of the scariest place on earth.
Every evening at 7pm my window and millions of other windows would fly open and a thunderous roar would erupt across the streets as New Yorkers cheered and banged pots and screamed their thanks for the healthcare workers risking everything for us.
Just the sound of that collective gratitude would bring me to dears.
And in moments of shared awe and elevation, I was reminded how grace cuts through hatred and suffering and fear, restoring our belief in humanity's highest potential.
So have you ever felt that undeniable physical uplift and psychological uplift in the face of someone's simple decency or profound mercy or an act of a complete stranger?
Maybe even you?
If so, you know the power of grace.
Wouldn't it be nice if we could access that feeling, that state, more or less on demand in everyday life?
My guest today is Julia Baird, award winning journalist, bestselling author and host of the Not Stupid podcast.