19 A friend is a loved one who awakens your life in order to free the wild possibilities within you.

John O'Donohue from Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom

QUESTIONS FOR THOUGHT OR DISCUSSION:
Who are the friends who help awaken me to my own potential? Do I welcome this kind of challenge or do I try to shut it down. What positive feedback have I had from three or more people in my life? Have I let it in?

20 So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.

Morrie Schwartz from Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom

QUESTIONS FOR THOUGHT OR DISCUSSION:
What am I chasing in my life? Are these the things that give my life meaning? If you knew, as Morrie did, that you only had a short time to live, what changes would you make in your life? What would you want to do before you died?

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21 The most important questions don't seem to have ready answers. But the questions themselves have a healing power when they are shared. An answer is an invitation to stop thinking about something, to stop wondering. Life has no such stopping places, life is a process whose every event is connected to the moment that just went by. An unanswered question is a fine traveling companion. It sharpens your eye for the road.

Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D., in Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories That Heal

QUESTIONS FOR THOUGHT OR DISCUSSION:
What are the questions that I think are important to live with and savor? How can important questions help bring meaning and beauty into my life?

22 Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love.

Rumi, 13th century Persian poet, translated by Coleman Barks

QUESTIONS FOR THOUGHT OR DISCUSSION:
What is it that I really love in my work? How am I letting it draw me into greater and greater satisfaction?

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