Understanding The Purpose of Pain and Suffering Ft. Moira Milligan | The GDP Ep. 31

You won't want to miss this one! 

In This Podcast we sit down and talk with Moira Milligan, a Student in her Junior year at Wyoming Catholic College. Moira is beginning to plan for her Senior thesis topic which is, “Understanding the Purpose of Suffering”. Throughout this podcast we explore what she believes suffering is, why it is innate to human existence and how it should be approached. 

Outline: 

• 8:00 Jake’s experience outside 

  
  



• 8:45 Why she likes the outdoors so much 

  
  



• 11:30 Favorite outdoor activity 

  
  



• 13:30 First getting into hunting 

  
  



• 15:00 how live and suffering are intimately connected 

  
  



• 17:30 Why do we experience suffering? 

  
  



• 20:00 Meaning in suffering 

  
  



• 21:00 The true testament of love by voluntary suffering 

  
  



• 28:00 The hero story

  
  



• 30:00 Meeting the next version of you—with or without love? The how of how you approach it. 

  
  



• 32:20 2 types of people in the world

  
  



• 36:00 Avoiding and accepting pain 

  
  



• 38:00 Thought experiment of why we push through suffering 

  
  



• 45:00 we are not made for suffering 

  
  



• 46:00 The servant role

  
  



• 49:00 Finding purpose in their lives 

  
  



• 52:00 Other races choosing suffering for initiation into the next levels of life

  
  



• 52:30 Rejoicing in suffering—what that really means 

  
  



• 54:30 Practical ways to embrace pain—and what it means 

  
  



• 55:45 Comfort and challenge zones

  
  



• 57:00 Lesson from college: adaptable people win

  
  



• 1:01:00 Our duty to be good—to make an impact 

  
  



• 1:02:00: Exercising adaptability in the outdoors

  
  



• 1:04:00 Peaceful vs bitter people 

  
  



• 1:06:00 Use your challenge zone to help others

  
  



• 1:09:00 The tree bearing good fruit

  
  



• 1:12:00 The main element of her thesis