Call It What It Is

Call It What It Is

From Geeky Stoics by Stephen Kent

August 25, 2025 · 7 min

About this episode

The episode explores the transformative power of perspective and the emotional clarity that can come from reconnecting with one's faith.

Updating your perspective on the world can, for some, be like seeing for the first time. Many of us have seen videos of colorblind people getting access to new tech that helps them see the full spectrum. When they tap in for the first time, it’s overwhelming and emotional. Something true shines through a veil that they’ve been burdened with forever. I remember when I started to reconnect with my faith several years ago, and things were becoming clearer to me about who I am and why I am here. I would get distracted while driving by trees and landscapes. Particularly Japanese Maples and other crimson trees mixed into mostly green gardens. Something was more striking about everything . Refined Jedi Sight Consider this poem out of the Star Wars universe about the role of the Jedi Order in bringing balance to the galaxy. "First comes the day Then comes the night. After the darkness Shines through the light. The difference, they say, Is only made right By the resolving of gray Through refined Jedi sight." ― Journal of the Whills, 7:477 It’s a beautiful stanza. Light is reality. Darkness is equally valid and inevitably enters the world, complicating whatever light came before it. What…

People in this episode

Host: Stephen Kent

Topics covered

  • perspective
  • faith
  • Jedi
  • balance
  • emotional experience

Keywords

  • perspective
  • faith
  • Jedi
  • balance
  • emotional clarity
  • colorblindness
  • self-discovery

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Journal of the Whills, Call It What It Is

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