Dostoevsky, The Grand Inquisitor, 2

I chat with Baylie and Makayla about why life is worth living. We explore Father Zosima's life as an embodied refutation to Ivan Karamazov's rational arguments about the nature of suffering. We consider how each person is indeed responsible for the sins of all people everywhere, why this attitude will lead to salvation, why Christ is such a potent model for how to live in the world, how to react to suffering, why birds, leaves, and trees make life worth living, why the earth deserves to be kissed, how heaven is within us, and the salvific power of love. To borrow from Whitman: "Happiness, not in another place but this place...not for another hour, but this hour."