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Beneath the Surface
“There are years that ask questions and years that answer,” wrote Zora Neale Hurston. We know the difference. In some years, a path opens and we can see where it leads. In others, we make thoughtful choices, give our best … Continue reading
Posted in Learning and Growth
Tagged Gardener, Neale Hurston, Rainer Maria Rilke, Surface, Years That Ask Questions, Zora
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The Price of a Larger Life
“Success always demands a greater effort,” Winston Churchill wrote. It is because success is not a chair in which we finally sit. It is a door that opens into a larger room. Beyond it awaits greater possibilities, higher expectations and … Continue reading
Posted in Learning and Growth
Tagged Intentionality, Jonas Salk, Mindset, Possibility, Success, Winston Churchill
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When the Distance Becomes Light
“Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations,” wrote Louisa May Alcott. There are rare moments when we become still enough to see that distant light and, in its glow, glimpse the wonder of life already traveled… the storms … Continue reading
Posted in Fulfillment
Tagged Aspirations, Distance, Henry David Thoreau, Light, Louisa May Alcott
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A Gardener Never Pulls on the Flowers
Lao Tzu reminds us, “Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” A gardener never pulls on the flowers to make them grow. No amount of urgency can hurry a seed into bloom. Instead, the gardener prepares the soil, provides … Continue reading
The Doorway of a Question
As children, we carried invisible keys called questions. “Why?” opened one door. “What if?” opened another. “How?”led us into rooms we had never imagined. We did not ask because we lacked knowledge. We asked because the world felt wonderfully unfinished. … Continue reading
Posted in Imagination
Tagged Albert Einstein, Curiosity, Doorway, Potential, Questions, Tony Robbins
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On the Struggles That Still Move Us
When we look back upon our lives, we often discover that the moments we once wished away were quietly moving us toward the people we were capable of becoming. Our struggles did more than interrupt our plans, they moved us. … Continue reading
The Note We Leave Behind
Someday there will be a final note beside each of our beds, not a list of titles earned, goals achieved or possessions gathered, but a few simple words capturing the person we chose to become. A friend’s father left these … Continue reading
On the Courage of Becoming
Friedrich Nietzsche counseled, “Become who you are.” We often think life is about arriving, as though one day we will finally become complete. Yet perhaps life asks something far gentler and far more beautiful. It is about unfolding. Each experience, … Continue reading
Posted in Fulfillment
Tagged Becoming, Courage, E. E. Cummings, Flower, Friedrich Nietzsche
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How Winning Gets Done
In the movie, Rocky Balboa, Sylvester Stallone speaks his famous words on winning, “No one will hit you harder than life itself. It doesn’t matter how hard you hit back. It’s about how much you can take, and keep fighting, … Continue reading
On Awakening Possibility in Others
“Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be,” wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson. One of the greatest gifts we can ever offer another person is not advice, resources or even opportunity. It … Continue reading
Posted in Servant Leadership
Tagged Belief, Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Life Calling, Possibility, Ralph Waldo Emerson
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