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If all the trappings were stripped away, leaving only my true self, who would I be? Am I living fully as that self in every moment? And when it ends, will my story have meaning?”
David Von Drehle • The Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man
Instead of focusing on what you leave behind, generativity is about what you give now—actively contributing to your community, creating opportunities for others, and sharing your experiences in ways that enable collective growth. Generativity isn’t measured by scale but by the depth of connection in the here and now. It is built around the
... See moreAnne-Laure Le Cunff • Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World
To be a good human being is to have a kind of openness to the world, an ability to trust uncertain things beyond your own control, that can lead you to be shattered in very extreme circumstances for which you were not to blame. That says something very important about the human condition of the ethical life: that it is based on a trust in the
... See moreRegardless of whether or not we’re formally making art, we are all living as artists. We perceive, filter, and collect data, then curate an experience for ourselves and others based on this information set. Whether we do this
Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being
The greatest honor of my life is that I have been chosen to be both a recipient and an instrument. This has given my life deeper meaning than anything I could have discovered on my own. This is what grace alone can do.
Paul David Tripp • New Morning Mercies

Saffron Huang • To be a Technologist is to be Human — Letters to a Young Technologist
FINDING OUR PLACE IN CULTURAL DIVERSITY
Tish Harrison Warren • Culture Making
To be alive is to be embodied. To be embodied is to struggle and thrive and struggle and thrive. This inherent oscillation is our birthright. Our charter is to learn how to ride the changes, become our fullest selves, create, and love. I am clear that life’s complications and even suffering—as many theologians, philosophers, and psychologists
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