Wander and Wonder. Hmm…?
OK, I'm back. I thought I better provide a bit of content, quick. So here's my most recent "Simply Success" short post. I send one of these out each week, 3 weeks out of 4. On the other week, I send out my longer "Simplicity and Success" eNewseltter. If you'd like to get these on your desk top, go to http://www.bruceelkin.com/newsletter.html. You can sign up there, and you'll get some nifty fr.ee articles to boot. Here's the Short Post:
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"SIMPLY SUCCESS" -- SHORT POST – April 24, 2006
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>Helping You Create What Matters MOST in Life & Work
Bruce Elkin: Personal/Professional Life Coach
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Hi Folks,
I hope you had a nice Earth Day. I did. Sunny, warm, and lots of time spent outdoors, enjoying the fresh, wondrous beauty of an erupting west coast spring.
As I wandered the woods and beach, I thought about how pleasant it is to sometimes meander along, without a set goal.
Your eyes stray from object to object, until they are caught by something unexpected, something remarkable--one of what Confucius called the 10,000 wonders of nature. That got me thinking about the connection between "wander" and "wonder."
"Wonder" means "to speculate or be curious." "Wander” can mean, "to stray from the path." So does "err," the root of "error."
In life, we often try to stay on our path, and not to err. But what if we occasionally stayed from the set path> What if we let ourselves err?
Might we not discover more things to wonder about than if we merely keep our nose to the grindstone, our eyes on the prize?
I think so, and although I'm not advocating just wandering, or just wandering, I do think we can make life richer, more interesting, and, in the long run, more successful by taking a little time each day to wander, and wonder.
Hmm…?
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>THIS WEEK'S QUOTES:
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"The vessel in which soul-making takes place is an inner container scooped out by reflection and wonder."
-- Thomas Moore
"After all these years I have come to wonder if the secret of living well is not in having all the answers but in pursuing unanswerable questions in good company"
-- Ruth Remen
"We must not stay as we are, doing always what was done last time, or we shall stick in the mud.
" -- George Bernard Shaw
"In each of us are places where we have never gone. Only by pressing the limits do you ever find them."
-- Dr. Joyce Brothers
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That's it for this week.
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Have a great week. Cheers!
Bruce
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BRUCE ELKIN: Personal & Professional Life/Career Coach
Author: * Simplicity and Success: Creating the Life You Long For, &
* Emotional Mastery: Manage Moods & Create What Matters
—With Whatever Life Gives You!
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