Thought provoking

While you want to see glimpses of progress and meaning in your work, you want to be focused more on the impact/meaning of your labor versus the labor itself.

Simon Sinek - Podcast - December 3, 2024 - “The Secret of Happiness”

“There’s always another way, even if you have to get lost to find it.”

From Moana 2

“Wanderer, your footsteps are the road, and nothing more; wanderer, there is no road, the road is made by walking.”

Antonio Machado - Spanish Poet

GOD’S SILENCE When I lay these questions before God I get no answer. But a rather special sort of “No answer.” It is not the locked door. It is more like a silent, certainly not uncompassionate, gaze. As though He shook His head not in refusal but waiving the question. Like, “Peace, child; you don’t understand.” —from A Grief Observed For reflectio

C. S. Lewis • The C. S. Lewis Bible: For Reading, Reflection, and Inspiration

Mufti Menk said, "Sometimes, just listening and not saying anything is the best answer. Remember that your silence can't be misquoted"

There might be some people praying for what I can provide.

Lunch with a Leader - NorthStar Church

I can't stop thinking about this poem by Khalil Gibran:

Then a woman said, "Speak to us of Joy and Sorrow."

And he answered: Your joy is your sorrow unmasked.

And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears. And how else can it be? The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.

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Most of the people we try to impress are busy trying to impress someone else. The spotlight effect is the habit of overestimating how much others focus on us. We don't see how preoccupied they are with themselves. True confidence stems from self-respect, not social approval.

Adam Grant substack.com