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“What is truth?” -Pontius Pilate “Men formulate perishable dogmas, and call them Truth. Truth cannot be formulated; it is ineffable, and ever beyond the reach of intellect. It can only be experienced by practice; it can only be manifested as a stainless heart and a perfect life. Who, then, in the midst of the ceaselessContinue reading “The Real Truth”

“Love is for today; programs are for the future. We are for today; when tomorrow will come we shall see what we can do. Somebody is thirsty for water for today, hungry for food for today. Tomorrow we will not have them if we don’t feed them today. So be concerned with what you canContinue reading “Solve One Problem”

“When we take the focus off ourselves and what we want, we inherently become more creative with our messaging because we have to imagine what someone else would want, which moves us away from our assumptions and the familiar. Because most of the anxiety we experience often comes from worrying about ourselves and what willContinue reading “Not About You”

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence is a habit, not an act.” -Aristotle “Excellence is one of the most authentic and human experiences there is, and it must be earned. The payoff is a deep internal satisfaction, a genuine self-respect based on effort and competence, a sense of aliveness and resonance that you won’tContinue reading “The Excellence Habit”

“At dawn, when you have trouble getting out of bed, tell yourself: ‘I have to go to work — as a human being…’” — Marcus Aurelius, Meditations “We do not choose our own parts in life, and have nothing to do with those parts. Our duty is confined to playing them well.” -Epictetus Life isContinue reading “Doing Your Duty”

I have climbed highest mountainsI have run through the fieldsOnly to be with youOnly to be with youI have runI have crawledI have scaled these city wallsThese city wallsOnly to be with youBut I still haven’t found what I’m looking forBut I still haven’t found what I’m looking for -song “I Still Haven’t Found WhatContinue reading “Still Haven’t Found It”

They may not ever know if you tried your best, if your intentions were pure, if you behaved virtuously. Perhaps you got away with it. Or were wrongfully criticized. But you know. And that’s the only thing worth knowing anyway.

If you’re working for a company or organization and at the regular staff meeting the new person shows up and is brave enough to ask questions like “why exactly do we do this?” or “I’m trying to better understand…can you explain this?” or “I’m not sure I’m following…what do we do here?”, etc…honor that curiosityContinue reading “The New Person At The Meeting”

There isn’t some magical moment where you will cross everything off your to-do list, accomplish every one of your goals, reach the highest level of success, etc…and suddenly feel like “I did it. I’ve arrived. I’m good.” The reason? Because all the joy is found in arriving. Not in having arrived. Lean in to andContinue reading “Arriving”

“If we’re looking for purpose and fulfillment we need to carry weight…and creativity is an honorable weight to put on your shoulders. When we feel the hurt and pain of the weight we get to remember that what we chose is hard but it’s worth it. The goal is not to get rid of theContinue reading “Which Weight Will You Carry?”