Quotes About Fulfillment

No, I stay for myself. Everything I need, everything I want, is here. I know it's not enough for most people, but it is for me. Every time I leave, even for an afternoon or an overnight trip to Seattle, I can't wait to get back. This is home. And I guess I'm a person who needs a home, a place to plant seeds and watch them grow.

I have so much, and yet I'm still not happy.

life is not always about work and career, about testing your mettle or living up to a family name. Sometimes we need quiet and we need play to realize our true selves, to see where we fit in the world.

Everything I need, everything I want, is here. I know it's not enough for most people, but it is for me. Every time I leave, even for an afternoon or an overnight trip to Seattle, I can't wait to get back. This is home. And I guess I'm a person who needs a home, a place to plant seeds and watch them grow.

You deserve to be happy and you deserve to be you. One True Love. Love

You're dealing with the demon of external validation. You can't beat external validation. You want to know why Because it feels sooo good.

She had come to terms with her lack of beauty, but never with her lack of genius in the single thing she had ever wanted.

Codi: "So you think we all just have animal dreams. We can't think of anything to dream except our ordinary lives." Loyd: "Only if you have an ordinary life. If you want sweet dreams, you've got to live a sweet life."

At home, growing up, we weren't really poor. We had everything we needed, we just didn't have what we wanted.

The very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof.

The basic purpose of a liberal arts education is to liberate the human being to exercise his or her potential to the fullest.

If you bring forth what's inside you, what's inside you will strengthen you. If you don't bring forth what's inside you, what's inside you will destroy you.

When was the last time you were so completely engaged and absorbed by your work that all of a sudden you looked up and said, "I can't believe it-five hours couldn't have passed!" This is what psychologists are calling "flow." When you achieve a state of flow, you feel a sensation of confidence, of being in control, of being engaged and focused. Flow is achieved when your work is performed in sync with your aptitudes and values.

Is it enough for people to simply enjoy their work without finding it meaningful or being passionate about it? I think it is. In fact, I would prefer to completely rid the concept of meaningful work as the gold standard, and replace it with a new one: doing satisfying work that meet one's needs.

Do you feel you are doing something important or that you care about deeply? Do the content and challenges associated with your work enthrall you? Do you often find yourself surprised by how much time has flown by when you are working? Do you feel passionate about your work? If you have answered yes to one or more of these questions, you are in the fortunate position of being fully engaged by your work.

The fact is, passion is not a commodity, it is the by-product of doing something that really engages you. Look for what will truly hold your attention-psychologically and technically-and the passion should take of itself.

But it's a good feeling and one does so like to have that.

Rhoda was not in the least envious of her sister's fuller life, for now that they were both in their fifties there seemed to be very little difference between them.

The legends on the tombstones are eventually worn away as the stone is eroded by rain and wind and centuries. Better to slip away quietly after having lived as fully as one can, doing the very best one can with the gifts one has been given.

quando em quais serão minhas companhias no inferno, sinto-me razoavelmente satisfeita de ir pra lá. Estará cheio de pessoas que amei de verdade.

quando penso em quais serão minhas companhias no inferno, sinto-me razoavelmente satisfeita de ir pra lá. Estará cheio de pessoas que amei de verdade.

He looked up at the rain and closed his eyes, his hands still wrapped around her back. Mattie knew with an acute awareness that she would always remember this moment: both of them nude in the falling twilight of a mountain summer, sated and yet still hungry, Zeke's strong face tipped to received the gift of rain, his broad hands warm on her.

I would rather love with all my heart and soul and mind for one hour than to suffer all my life with the lack.

about things you merely like? Would you rather learn how to plant a garden, work with friends to paint a house, or just have a great day with