Quotes About Fulfillment

The irony of instant gratification is that it leaves such lasting scars.

one of my biggest illusions was that other people were meant to assuage my anxiety by filling some lack that I was responsible for filling myself. If I wanted to give, the giving had to be "for fun and for free." The giving couldn't be out of guilt, nor because I secretly wanted to get something back, nor because I wanted the other person to respond in such a way as to satisfy my longing to be useful. Thérèse

I was fortunate enough to have my kids early, so being a mom always ended up being a better gig than these other parts that came along. So I always justified not really working a lot because I had a family.

There's a Buddhist saying that when your house is done your life is over.

Your love satisfies me like a desert of oasiss.

Along with a career, four children and a husband, she bakes and cooks, sews, preserves, sings, embroiders, gardens, arranges flowers, decorates cakes, and makes kayaks and pottery.

I don't only want to be your protector, Autumn. I want to be everything you'll ever need—because that's exactly how you make me feel when I'm with you. Like you give me everything I'll ever want and need.

And as we round the bend toward Ivy Cottage, he tugs my braid just the way he always has ever since I was six, and then he reaches down and takes my hand. Maybe sometimes dreams really do come true.

Happiness is about doing something good in this world," She says finally. "It comes to finding what you we're meant to do, and doing it.

How would I ever consider a skill that gave me goose bumps a hobby?

Finding your own style is not easy, but once found it brings complete happiness. It gives you self-confidence, always.

If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves. —Thomas Edison

When I finish reading my list, my

Do you get to use your greatest strength every day at work?

Yes, there was a trick to it. You inherited your life, or you invented it. You figured out what you wanted life to be and then somehow or other you made it that way. Then, miracle of miracles, you liked it!

Even when I was resisting, one thing that has kept me moving forward on my soul's path has been the joy I feel while doing this work.

Something happens when we listen to the soul. The soul gets ecstatic. It's almost as if, after being ignored for so long, our truest, divine self is delighted to finally be noticed and will do anything to keep the relationship humming along.

The one thing that kept me moving forward has been the profound sense of joy I felt as I was receiving the material.

No one benefits from you not following your truth.

But happy is harder than it sounds,

I mean, if we could have everything, sure. If we can have it all, yeah, I wish them easy, successful, fun-filled lives, crowned with good friends, attentive lovers, heaps of money, intellectual stimulation, and good views out the window. I wish them eternal beauty, international travel, and smart things to watch on TV. But if I can't have everything, if I only get a few, I'm not sure easy makes my wish list.

It's a good thing people's needs don't all arise at the same time; otherwise we wouldn't be able to meet them all.

Because you know what's even better than happy endings?" "What?" "Happy middles." "You think?" "All the happy with none of the finality. All the happy with room enough to grow. What could be better than that?" "For a while," said Rosie. "A while's a long time," said Penn.

Easy is nice, but I wonder how often it leads to fulfilling work or partnership or being.