There is a question almost no one says aloud, though most of us are asking it. It shows up as an ache at the end of a long day. What about me? Am I enough? Do I matter?
Tom Anderson joins host Sana to sit with that question. Where it comes from, why it is so universal, and what it actually wants from us when it shows up.
About the Guest:
Tom Anderson is a writer and speaker on identity and spiritual formation, married to Nancy for over fifty years. He is the author of From Sinnership to Sonship: The Story of Becoming.
Key Takeaways:
- The question "what about me" is not selfish by default. Often it is honesty.
- Anxiety, unworthiness and insignificance can each be a version of that same question.
- So much striving is doing. He describes a shift from doing to simply being.
- He reads his own story through Scripture, finding himself in Adam, Peter and Abraham.
- Significance is often found in small, hidden service, not on a stage.
- People-pleasing to be liked is exhausting. Knowing who you are lets your walls define, not defend.
Connect With the Guest:
Website: https://tomanderson.in
Substack: Looking With Fresh Eyes (lookingwithfresheyes.substack.com)
Book: From Sinnership to Sonship: The Story of Becoming (Amazon)
Episode Chapters:
[00:00] What about me: the question that finds everyone (approx.)
[02:00] Defect or design: is the question a flaw or a call (approx.)
[05:00] From doing to being, and the hunger for identity (approx.)
[09:00] Significance found in a small garden, not on a stage (approx.)
[16:00] Questioning the systems we were born into (approx.)
[24:00] Working with men, and the ten-out-of-ten no one feels (approx.)
[32:00] The kindest thing he has learned to say to himself (approx.)
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