2017-05-15
59 分钟You know, seeing them as worthy of my time and attention, worthy of their place in the world, you know, seeing them as if they belonged, seeing them as if they might have something to offer.
And asking people questions in that way allowed them to sing songs they never even realized they had in them.
And so in seeing people this way, it often had the effect of inviting them to see me that way.
And when we were seeing, when there was that mutual sort of osmotic flow of respect, even reverence, you know, love is a word that can be used to describe that kind of space.
When today's guest, Andrew Forthsoffel was 23 years old, fresh out of college he had some big decisions to make about what he wanted to do as his next step.
Well, he decided to turn that next step into a 4000 miles solo walk across the United States.
He was, in his words, walking to listen.
He wanted to go and explore and ask people about their lives and their stories and what mattered and who they were and do it on the ground while processing this, moving his own body and pushing himself physically.
What unfolded was an absolutely astonishing journey with stories that changed his life in a really profound way.
And he's written into a powerful book called walking to listen.
And I really enjoyed being able to share in that journey with him and some of his beautiful stories and awakenings.
I hope you enjoy his journey as well.
I'm Jonathan Fields.
This is good life project.
You actually first came onto my radar.
I want to say it was either this american life or the moth piece.
And then it's been fun to kind of dive into your story a little bit.
So as we're hanging out here today, you have this amazing journey behind you.
You, I guess, graduated college 23 years old and decided that you wanted to walk 4000 miles across the country.
And I want to get into that.