9 min

Living the Questions: At home, frustrated and stressed — is 'just being' worthy right now‪?‬ On Being with Krista Tippett

    • Society & Culture

“If I believe that we are all inherently worthy just by being human, how can I feel that way when I feel I’m doing ‘nothing?’” — Anna Bondoc from Los Angeles

So many of us are raised to believe that hard work is what makes us valuable; many of our professions and even our identities as helpers are on hold. How does self-worth interact with just being when we feel we're doing nothing? Krista reflects on the problem with the phrase “just being” — and how settling inside ourselves right now, and kindness towards ourselves, are gifts to the world we want to make beyond this crisis.

Living the Questions is an occasional On Being segment where Krista muses on questions from our listening community. Submit your own at ltq@onbeing.org.

“If I believe that we are all inherently worthy just by being human, how can I feel that way when I feel I’m doing ‘nothing?’” — Anna Bondoc from Los Angeles

So many of us are raised to believe that hard work is what makes us valuable; many of our professions and even our identities as helpers are on hold. How does self-worth interact with just being when we feel we're doing nothing? Krista reflects on the problem with the phrase “just being” — and how settling inside ourselves right now, and kindness towards ourselves, are gifts to the world we want to make beyond this crisis.

Living the Questions is an occasional On Being segment where Krista muses on questions from our listening community. Submit your own at ltq@onbeing.org.

9 min

Top Podcasts In Society & Culture

Svarttrost Dok
Svarttrost
Fryktløs
Både Og & Blåkläder
MÍMIR&MARSDAL – den venstrevridde podkasten
Manifest Media
Den politiske situasjonen
Dagens Næringsliv & Acast
Burn Book
Kontent & Acast
198 Land med Einar Tørnquist
PLAN-B & Acast

More by On Being Studios

On Being with Krista Tippett
On Being Studios
Poetry Unbound
On Being Studios
Becoming Wise
On Being Studios
Creating Our Own Lives
On Being Studios
This Movie Changed Me
On Being Studios