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Tag Archives: finding meaning in life
The Job Belongs to the Person Who Sees It
There is a story you’ve heard before about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody and a job that was recognized but left undone since everybody thought someone else would do it. That story is actually a shortened version of … Continue reading
Posted in Inklings
Tagged a mantra, a Poem on Responsibility Charles Osgood, being responsible, Everybody Somebody Anybody Nobody story, Finding a calling, finding meaning in life, Meeting an unmet need, motto, seeing an unmet need, The job belongs to the person who sees it, volunteering
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Finding Your Call
“Finding your calling — it’s not passive. When people have found their calling, they’ve made tough decisions and sacrifices in order to do the work they were meant to do. In other words, you don’t just ‘find’ your calling — you … Continue reading
Posted in Writings by Wordsmiths and Others
Tagged 7 Lessons by Dave Isay, Creating a meaningful life, Dave Isay, Finding a calling, finding meaning in life, Finding the purpose of life, Finding the work you were meant to do, Finding the world's need, Frederick Buechner, Living you call, On finding your call, the Missing Piece, What to do if you feel unfulfilled
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Second Acts
F. Scott Fitzgerald famously said, “There are no second acts in American lives.” I have been pondering that quote for a while. Certainly this was true for Jay Gatsby, the anti-hero of Fitzgerald’s most famous work, The Great Gatsby (1925). … Continue reading
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