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Uplifting Thought of the Moment

The following is an excerpt from a speech made by Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Anna Quindlen at the graduation ceremony of an American university where she was awarded an Honorary PhD.

 “Don't ever confuse the two, your life and your work. There will be thousands of people doing what you want to do for a living. But you will be the only person alive who has sole custody of your life. Your particular life. Your entire life…
 

I no longer consider myself the centre of the universe. I show up. I listen. I try to laugh. I am a good friend to my friends and them to me … I would be rotten, at best mediocre, at my job if (that) were not true.

You cannot be really first rate at your work if your work is all you are. So here's what I wanted to tell you today: Get a life. A real life, not a manic pursuit of the next promotion, the bigger pay cheque, the larger house.

… Get a life in which you are not alone.  Find people you love, and who love you. And remember that love is not leisure, it is work. Pick up the phone.

 … Get a life in which you are generous. And realize that life is the best thing ever, and that you have no business taking it for granted. Care so deeply about its goodness that you want to spread it around.

It is so easy to exist instead of to live. I learned to live many years ago…today is the only guarantee you get learn to be happy."

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