I MC’d a business breakfast meeting this morning and ended off with an excerpt which seemed to touch many people. So I thought to share it further.
It comes from a speech made by Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Anna Quindlen which I’ve taken the liberty to edit and paraphrase slightly for convenience.
“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 notice the smell of salt water pushing itself on a breeze at the seaside, a life in which you stop and watch how a red-tailed hawk circles over the water, or the way a baby scowls with concentration when she tries to pick up a sweet with her thumb and first finger.
Get a life in which you are not alone. Find people you love, and who love you. 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.
It is so easy to waste our lives, our days, our hours, and our minutes.
It is so easy to exist instead of to live.”
So, please Get a Life. It was meant for living after all.
Have a wonderful week, Being Perfectly You!
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