Building the spirit, don't forget
I was reading "A Short Guide to a Happy Life" by author Anna Quindlen on building a spirit a couple of years ago and I took notes from the book, as I usually do. to my surprise, I got the same paragraph by email today; so I thought to share it with everybody as a little reflection: "There are thousands of people out there with the same degree you have; when you get a job, there will be thousands of people doing what you want to do for a living. But you are the only person alive who has sole custody of your life. Your particular life. Your entire life. Not just your life at a desk, or your life on the bus, or in the car, or at the computer. Not just the life of your mind, but the life of your heart. Not just your bank account, but your soul. People don’t talk about the soul very much anymore. It’s so much easier to write a résumé than to craft a spirit. But a résumé is cold comfort on a winter night, or when you’re sad, or broke, or lonely, ... You cannot be really first-