Josh TrentIdentity Transformation Architect and award winning Host of the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast—a decade-strong show with over 750 episodes and 15M downloads.

Are you still pursuing happiness? #pursuitofhappiness #whatishappiness #consciousliving

17 Feb 2023 · 1 min

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A short YouTube monologue (by Josh Trent) reflecting on dissatisfaction with conventional life milestones—college, marriage, house, children, consumer milestones—and a growing urge to pursue spiritual meaning. The speaker expresses frustration at following prescribed life steps yet feeling miserable, and describes seeking guidance from elders and mentors as a path toward authentic spiritual living.

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I think that there has to be enough maturation in somebody's life to get to the point where we're sick and tired of living that way another day. The pursuit of happiness is not going so well for me because I've done everything that I've been asked. I went to college, I got married, I got the house, I got the picket fence, the 2.2 kids and the dog and mortgage and two car loans and what the f, man? Like, I am miserable, and I shouldn't be because I did everything right. What do I do? That's why I say, I think we got some work we can do. There is an awakening in people right now. What does it mean to live a spiritual life? There's a thousand books I could read out there. Not interested. Like, where's the solid Gold I can go to? I'm like, you know what? I have all of these elders and mentors that I used to have. I want to look and see what can I get out of really taking an examination of their lives and seeing what model do they have to show. And it just hit me like a freight train.