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August 6, 2013 by PI_Admin_BW

Do You Seek Happiness or Meaning in Your Life and Career?

I’m back from my last round of travels and am taking time out this week for some much needed rest and reflection. What’s captivated my attention since I got home a few days ago is the difference between meaning and happiness. One of the questions I’ve been asked several times on my book tour is, […]

With Deep Gratitude to the Gardeners in My Life

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. — William Arthur Ward A soft, sweet rain is falling outside the windows of the cabin in the Trinity Mountains in Northern California where we’ve been for almost a week, resting and relaxing after three of the busiest months of […]

When Striving Trumps Thriving

Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.―Zhuangzi I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the delicate balance between striving and thriving. In a culture where we measure success by how much money we make, by how many twitter followers we have, or by the status of our title or position, it’s easy to […]

Being Present

“Wherever you are, be there. If you can be fully present now, you’ll know what it means to live.”  ― Steve Goodie I’ve been on a recharge vacation for the past five days. Every summer, we go to a ranch in the mountains for a week with our dogs. We stay in a sweet little cabin that […]

Learning to Bloom Where We’re Planted

You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life. — Albert Camus Last weekend we worked in our garden in our annual outdoor spring cleaning ritual. Call me crazy, but I always love that first foray […]

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