{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"On Getting Out of Bed Pt1 with Alan Noble - JL229","description":" We aren't always honest about how difficult normal human life is.   In this interview, based on Alan Noble's book we discuss that for the majority of people, sorrow, despair, anxiety, and mental illness are everyday experiences. While we have made tremendous advancements in therapy and psychiatry, the burden of living still comes down to mundane choices that we each must make\u2014like the daily choice to get out of bed.   In this deeply personal essay, Alan Noble considers the unique burden of everyday life in the modern world. Sometimes, he writes, the choice to carry on amid great suffering\u2014to simply get out of bed\u2014is itself a powerful witness to the goodness of life, and of God.   For the majority of people, sorrow, despair, anxiety, and mental illness are everyday experiences. While we have made tremendous advancements in therapy and psychiatry, the burden of living still comes down to mundane choices that we each must make\u2014like the daily choice to get out of bed.   In this deeply personal essay, Alan Noble considers the unique burden of everyday life in the modern world. Sometimes, he writes, the choice to carry on amid great suffering\u2014to simply get out of bed\u2014is itself a powerful witness to the goodness of life, and of God. ","author_name":"Jacobs Ladder Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/christianmenatwork.com","html":"