I received this perceptive comment from a reader regarding yesterday’s post about fulfilling work: “I would add something to what accounts for meaningful work. I think part of it is having a supportive workplace culture and environment, and people who you enjoy being around for 8 hours of the day. My 2 cents!” Continue reading Friendship is Another Reason to Work
How to Find Fulfilling Work (The School of Life)
My Previous Advice – One of the most difficult tasks for most of us is finding fulfilling (paid) work in our modern economic system. Continue reading Fulfilling Work
Excerpts from Will Durant’s On the Meaning of Life:
The meaning of life, then, must lie within itself … it must be sought in life’s own instinctive cravings and natural fulfillments. Why, for example, should we ask for an ulterior meaning to vitality and health? … If you are sick beyond cure I will grant you viaticum, and let you die … But if you are well—if you can stand on your legs and digest your food—forget your whining, and shout your gratitude to the sun. Continue reading Will Durant on the Meaning of Life
I recently posted Edward Arlington Robinson’s poem, “Dear Friends.” It reminded me of a poem of his I encountered in high school, “Richard Cory.” I find the poems connected, as both suggest that worldly acclaim is not what’s most important. Continue reading Edward Arlington Robinson’s, Richard Cory
Opte Project visualization of routing paths through a portion of the Internet. The connections and pathways of the internet could be seen as the pathways of neurons and synapses in a global brain Continue reading The Global Brain
