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There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
-- Edith Wharton
 

 

Wednesday, September 3, 2025

Power of connection

There is no enduring competence without humility. There is no worthwhile achievement without love.

Going emptily through the motions is never enough. Effectiveness happens when you throw the whole of yourself into what you do.

Live your life filled with awe for the entirety of existence, and in gratitude for your own existence. In doing so you invite and enable progress.

Go forward with the assumption that you deserve nothing and are capable of anything. Continue to discover how the richness of each experience is based on the effort and authenticity you give it.

You gain value from the people, things, activities to which you pay attention, and care about, and dedicate your commitment. Eagerly embrace opportunities for doing so.

Celebrate the beauty and power of your connection with all that is, and with all who are. Continue to inject new value into that connection by offering your best in every situation.

— Ralph Marston

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