Resilience

"The leaders I met, whatever walk of life they were from, whatever institutions they were presiding over, always referred back to the same failure something that happened to them that was personally difficult, even traumatic, something that made them feel that desperate sense of hitting bottom--as something they thought was almost a necessity. It's as if at that moment the iron entered their soul; that moment created the resilience that leaders need.” Warren G. Bennis

Painting: The Magpie, oil on canvas, Claude Monet, 1868-1869

Monet often thought of himself as this magpie sitting alone in a frigid art world as his soul revealed the light of impressionism upon canvas after canvas. Always perceived as one of the leaders of the impressionistic movement, he defined resilience in his time.

The Search for Truth

"The right to search for truth implies also a duty;

one must not conceal any part of what one has recognized to be true."

~ Albert Einstein

Painting: Sunset on the Seine Winter effect

Claude Monet 1890

The Difference between Money & Wealth

"Money is a symbolic expression of what we give value to.

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Wealth is:

A progressive realization of worldly goals,

The ability to love and have compassion,

Good health,

Caring relationships,

Getting in touch with the creative source inside you

Which is also the creative source of the whole universe."

~ Deepak Chopra

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Excerpt of an interview with Deepak Chopra about his new book: Jesus - A Story of Enlightenment (see brief interview here)

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Art: La Pie by Claude Monet 1869

early in his career