You said you were fine, but fine is not a spiritual condition—it's a managed one. Fine means you've stopped expecting anything, stopped reaching for anything, and settled into the low hum of a life that moves without going anywhere. You're not in crisis. You're not walking away from the Lord. You're …
Podcast
505: We’d Rather Trick Ourselves Than Train Ourselves. Geoffrey Cain on Steve Jobs’s 12-Year Wilderness, the Death of Ego, How Failure Became the Foundation for the iPhone, and What It Takes to Go from Volatile to Disciplined
Indeed, you know the feeling. The world that once held shape around you — the role, the identity, the thing you built or pursued or believed about yourself — has come apart. And instead of leaning into the chaos and learning what it has to teach you, you've found a more comfortable option. You've …

