The Question Beneath Meaning: Where Worth Actually Lives | John R. Miles EP 723
30 January - 29 minsWe spend much of our lives searching for meaning through work, relationships, contribution, and purpose. But beneath that search lives a quieter, more fragile question, one we rarely say out loud:
Do I matter even when nothing is being made of me?
In this solo episode of Passion Struck, John R. Miles moves beneath meaning itself to explore what actually holds a life together when direction, productivity, and explanation fall away. Through a deeply personal reflection on his final walk with his sister, Carolyn, he reveals how worth is not something we build or earn, but something that must first be felt and recognized.
This episode explores why meaning can feel unstable when the sense of m...
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