What makes life worth living? Yale professor shares how to find joy
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- Опубликовано: 3 авг 2024
- Yale professor and author of “Life Worth Living” Miroslav Volf is sharing his lessons in finding joy and focusing on what matters most to live a meaningful life. Maria Shriver reports for TODAY.
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Not everyone has the luxury of having friends many people are introverted also prefer to be alone and can still be successful.
Introvert doesn’t mean alone. Humans are social primates, the need to be around people is science, not a personal preference.
I agree that pain and suffering are important in life bc this is one way we learn lessons. It is also one opportunity tor us and others to love, help, to learn empathy or to forgive. Thank you for this interview.
I've noticed the opposite effect can happen. The more life and the world chews you up and spits you out the more calloused, numb and mean you can become.
It's always funny to me how TV networks owned and run by billionaires are able to run stories about 'money's not that important' being discussed at hyper elite universities with a straight face.
Not that it isn't important but at what point is it enough and at what cost to yourself and others? You don't need to be a billionaire to attend Yale. A fair few millions will do. In fact, money soon becomes meaningless after it succeeds in solving the basic existential worries.
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@@fromthefountofyouth Facts. Right on point
Just like a beautiful girl saying looks aren’t that important . Although they are not wrong. People less fortunate would like to atleast get a taste too to determine if it’s true. More money or good looks doesn’t mean all your problems evaporate. It just means you’ll have different type of problems. For example.. you’ll attract very parasitic people on a regular basis and most people intention would revolve around what they can get from you
@@donatello9482 yup! This is a nutshell
My daughter gave me this book for my birthday,and I am so grateful for the insight it has given me.Happy 2023 , and a big shout-out to Maria and the crew!!!👍🙏🤗😎😇
Money most definitely solves almost ALL of your problems. Not having money contributes to ALL of your problems. I'm in a really bad spot now and money would 100% solve them.
Am i the only one who found peace, serenity, joy after going back to God?
Yes
Yup, there is only one source of true joy. His name is Jesus.
No, thousands have also turned to God. It saved my brother's life.
It’s called Serotonin 😂 You can find it by taking Zoloft too
I would A’s this class. Those who do not understand pain will not understand peace.
If you have to pay $5,000.00 in tuition to take a class, "What makes life worth living?" Then you have the wrong purpose of your existence. The majority people around the world work endlessly without having time to think, "What makes life worth living." They just know they have lot of responsibilities to be alive day by day.
Well my country has cheaper colleges but Yale is Yale tho
How to find joy is very subjective and varies greatly from person to person. It really comes down to your personal values and asking what makes you happy.
summed up perfectly :)
I worked for 2 months remotely for a health insurance company, calling Medicare members about health risks assessment. I can tell you that they taught me to seize everyday, living life to the fullest.
Once we ages, we are physically weaker by the day. Can track the trail, can't Walk too long, can't go up/ down the steep stairs etc.
I travel the world, enjoy the journey, so I continue to save up for my journey. I don't want to regret on my sick bed regretting that I didn't get to see the world heritage sites while I am healthy.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE NEED MORE CLASSES LIKE THIS. TAUGHT IN HIGH SCHOOL AND JUNIOR COLLEGE.
Perfectly said. Miroslav Volf is a brilliant and compassionate human being. I hope this gets viewed millions of times because we need to hear this to change our lives and others around us. I can't wait to read his book!
Read the Holy Bible
@@laurawalker711 I'm an agnostic. I need the proof of God in a more tangible way. I have yet to meet a person who is not a religious hypocrite. Oddly, I admire Miroslav Volf who does believe in the higher power. But, I'm open-minded and hopeful.
you can find any of the things inside it online or talking with a stranger. Find a friend.
@@yoursubconsciousTrue. Many books, online information and people can offer these insights. When someone is going through one crisis after another, it's about SURVIVAL and not contemplating life's philosophies. I find this professor's nature calming and his message is a reminder to look within for that strength because most times we can only trust ourselves. Try finding a true friend these days; it's nearly impossible.
@@nancyhsu5565 - Nancy, I think you and I would have awesome conversations if we were to be friends in real life. I think I can learn a lot from you.
Read this book it changed my life!!
Health is the most important thing in life
Yes and without money Health is a secondary issue.
Health and time are underestimated until you get older, then they are everything.
It's all about intentional living. Be intent with your time and do things that bring you joy and not keep up with society's norms.
Well, for most people, money is only enough when they finally get old and retire. The system is hugely flawed because when we need resources the most, we are young and broke. However, when we are old and have less need for these resources, we have typically saved enough by that time.
SUGGESTION: PLEASE CONSIDER MAKING THIS CLASS AVAILABLE ONLINE. LIKE A SATURDAY CLASS/ WORKSHOP.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU GUYS MADE MY DAY!!!! I LOVE YOU AND I THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! I LOVE YOU GUYS!!! YOU GUYS ROCK THE HOUSE!!!
Full disclosure, Shriver is the publisher of this book. Open Field is her imprint at Penguin Random.
Her empathy as a born elite who has a financial incentive backed by the Today crew is truly heartwarming stuff, isn't it? Everyone, let's support Maria Schriver in her path toward true sanctimonious financially rewarding enlightenment.
Good catch. Biased.
I've a friend who graduated from Yale forty years ago. I didn't bother with college at all. He's broke, I'm not.
lol, what went wrong?
@@beatricerights He's just one of those poor souls who can't handle the real world. School's one thing - reality is another for folks like him it seems.
I always thought there should be an elective during the 2nd Semester of High School Senior YEAR and class similar to this!!! If so, i truly TRULY believe more kids will become most assuredly become "better" ADULTS !!! Kudos for Yale to have such a class as I am sure all the students will have benefited from this course in some form or fashion in their lives!!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST BOUGHT IT ON AMAZON.
The issue is that people try to reach the goal of supreme happiness/ joy so they're extremely future driven and depressed along the journey to what they think will end up being happiness. Our goal should be finding contentment, being ok with what we have, looking around, saying, one day I'm gonna have this thing and it will make me happy, but if i don't get it, that's ok because I'm already at my goal, I'm content/ at peace with myself. You can get this and that but even once you have this and that, you won't find happiness/ joy because you aren't content with yourself at the moment, so no amount of achievements or anything will truly make you happy. I think one of the best way to be content/ at peace with yourself is to find religion but I'm sure there are other ways too.
well spoken ❤
I took the course for Happiness at Yale at it was life changing and eye opening. I still follow most of the practices I learned. It was such a new idea as coursework that I think we only had about 30 students. Rare for a yalie class.
So this course I’ll bet is a powerful lesson to learn
Put the syllabus online, sis
Honour everyone.
Joy is in professor's salary, benefits, 3 months vacation and lifetime tenure!))
Not any more, sadly.
Right?
being born to wealthy parents makes life worth living
Shallow Mr. Eagle, very shallow.. Lol
@@JackKincaid.. he's not wrong... It definitely helps.
Greendale community college did it first
LOVE. We will live for LOVE, and we will die for LOVE.
He seems like a lovely person but there’s nothing new here.
His earlier book Exclusion and Embrace changed my life, it was like nothing I’d ever heard before.
No single mom asks “what am I perusing,? 😂😂😂
I think if you have the support system you need then yes there is that opportunity for you to turn your life around and do what truly makes you happy. But if not, then you’ll definitely fall to the norm of whatever job pays a lot I’ll do type of mentality. I worked logistics for 6 almost 7 yrs and I decided enough was enough. I was so miserable and angry everyday. But if it wasn’t for my boyfriend supporting me emotionally, mentally and financially while I made this big life change to do what makes me happy I honestly don’t know where I’d be. We have kids and bills much like a lot of people so to make that change on your own without support would feel like it’s impossible.
Having support financially to become successful is something a lot of these teachers miss.
Did you marry? Are you still together?
What career field did you change to
You'll experience a broader and more truer form of happines when you're not just happy FOR people, you're happy ABOUT people. Example: When you can understand the ratios from good to bad people even in human caused tragedy, you'll find far more happiness and peace. To further break it down- look at the "official story" of 9/11. Just over ten terrorists maliciously caused that atrocity but what is often overlooked in that same tragedy is the 1000's of good people that were trying to help people at that very same moment. Be happy ABOUT people!
Reminds me of when Mr. Rogers said "look for the helpers."
@@craven5328 never heard him say that. Nonetheless a great line
Never people are demons. I will do everything in my power to be away from people. Humans are the root of all evil
Interesting topic and I'm sure the book has transformed the lives of many people. I doubt it will have any effect on the vacuous panel of sycophants presented at the end of the piece, though.
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Different strokes for different folks, I like living in the country around nature, and spending time spoiling the little ones.
More rich people telling us that money is not important. .... Some also tell us that only our identity with the party is what gives our lives meaning and identity. Let the righteous people in power lead our lives/s.
financial stability Helps
Is that Maria Shriver?
Great interview also. Money is not everything at all
Very intuitive you’ve been sharing what Jordan Peterson has said for years. Wild news 👀
- Live a life worth remembering -
- Bruce Lee -
CHRIST MAKES LIFE WORTH LIVING!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You cannot know what happiness is if we have not known what pain n sufferings! Invest in time of being alone this will give you time to wonder in search for the truth and have holy curiosity that will make your life worth living. Albert Einstein; In our deathbeds there are just two things that people regret for, one is that we have loved a little and that we have travelled a little! From the Supreme Buddha; More so there are just two kinds of peoples in our life the one who makes us happy and the other one who teaches us lessons k!
hopefully the government can ‘shrink their appetite for taxes’ and paying themselves gargantuan sums.., relative to what they actually accomplish.; lawmakers salaries should be based on what good laws they actually make.
TL:DR don't get fired and lose your means to make a living
A guy who makes sufficient income and lives in a gated community, is going to have a different perspective on life.
I don't have that. And I've also had to deal with society's worst people on a daily basis.
That's the only thing holding everyone else back.
GRAY BASKERVILLE AND PAT GANAHL SHOWED ME. THAT LIFE IS ABOUT DRIVING AND OWNING A RELIABLE HOT ROD. AND ENJOYING THE HOT ROD CULTURE. VERY SIMPLE AND BASIC. I AM THANKFUL AND GRATEFUL FOR THEIR INFLUENCE ON MY LIFE.
One of my lovers found Joy, but didn't work out
They teach theology at Yale?
Why have this segment?
What if nothing makes you happy.
That’s called depression buddy, but it’s not hopeless. Find a service like Better Help where you can talk to someone who can help you experience happiness.
Try changing your life, do new and different things. You will find what is special to you.
Depends if ur friends are worth it
WHAT MAKES LIFE WORTH LIVING ?...when you connect back with him that created you then you will understand that you was created by his will to serve a purpose and our purpose is not to be depress and unhappy...Jesus said i came that you may have live and have it more abundantly''' ..that makes live worth living....the live that God gives not what the world offers...
I guess it does pay to go to an ivy league university
If a human has to have a show tell them what brings joy then you are not alive. Just look around you.
The only way to find True Joy is to know Jesus Christ. I don’t care what he or anyone else says. Until you know Him for yourself, you’ll never know true joy.
Only Jesus
Atheism is growing because you won't just keep your faith to yourself. Trying to force it on other people is wrong.
Amen!
@@yvonneplant9434 If you had access to a Truth that transforms people's eternities, you would share it too. I pray you come to know the love of Jesus that we've found! It's available to all.
There's plenty of depressed christians though...
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Elements of Buddhism
See ya
You can learn a lot from someone you totally disagree with!
Somebody tell Corporate America 😂
Hate yourself and then you will find joy!
Discovery--- That's the answer.
Just believe in the Great Pumpkin 🎃. 😶
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They are making sure students keeps living bc those debt doesn’t pay itself.
That professor clearly hasn’t talked to an INTP
Money 💰 Doesn't = Happiness.
So donate to me 🥺. I will suffer for you. 😞
So capitalism doesn’t equate happiness? Suffering is a teacher of compassion and community means the most? Lots of people need to learn this cause there is much suffering due to capitalism.
So what's your solution?
Obviously… most of the people at Ivy Leagues aren’t idiots trying to make a quick buck… these are LEADERS that make changes in our lives that often go unseen. 💛
@@ocampbell1954 COMMUNISM BABY
Facts
Capitalism IS the solution to YOUR happiness, not someone else's.
Here we go another person who is well above every average persons means telling people how they should live..... my gosh it's defeating
Life sucks! There's no amount of religious mythology that can delude that fact. 😶
Simon Sink has a better perspective.
Nothing new here
Jesus Christ is Life. I don’t think he said that - me judging from the appearance. So I should teach him.
and doesn't take into accou structural oppression...not surprising.
This is nothing new. Gurus, holy people and ancient philosophers have said the same things thousands of years ago for free. None had a book for sale 😂
Yeah without money what choices do you have. None, money brings choices to your door not lessens you. All this community stuff sound awful.
Meanwhile, would either of these ppl trade lives with a poor person. 😂 stop the fakeness!
Stop!
You lost me at religion and I have a book to sell. Just seems like another economic endeavor to repackage religious thinking as meaning or wisdom.
MONEY HEALTH N KNOWLEDGE
liberal insanity
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