Inspirational Living: Life Lessons For Success & Happiness

Listen to a sample episode of Our Sunday Talks, edited and adapted from The Crown of Individuality by William George Jordan, published in 1909. Gain access to more episodes (ad-free) by becoming our patron for as little as $3 a month.By becoming a patron, you'll also gain access to our entire archive of Inspirational Living podcasts, plus full transcripts. Learn about the benefits our patrons receive by going to https://livinghour.org/patron. Thank you.Podcast Manuscript: The world’s attitude towards the birth of every great truth is focused in a single phrase in the simple story of the first Christmas, the greatest birthday since time began. Mary laid the infant Christ in a manger because (quote) —“there was no room for them in the inn.”For worldly success, fame, social prestige, laurel-crowned triumph, the inn is illuminated; welcoming music fills the air; and the inn doors are thrown wide open. But the struggle towards sublime attainment, heroic effort to better the world, simple consecration of soul t