a daily blog on well-being and how to feel better by Mark Barger Elliott…

In an entry from January of 1882 under the heading Sanctus Januarius, Nietzsche made this declaration for how he would approach the new year. “I want more and more to perceive the necessary characters in things as the beautiful:—I shall thus be one of those who beautify things. Amor fati: let that henceforth be my love! I…

“Be aware of the world’s magical, mystical, and artistic sides,”observed Steve Jobs when he spoke at a high school graduation in 1996. It’s interesting to think of Steve Jobs as entertaining the magical and mystical. He also linked these qualities with creativity as he said, “Creativity equals connecting previously unrelated experiences and insights that others…

When Steve Jobs spoke at the Palo Alto High School graduation in 1996 he shared this observation, “We are never taught to listen to our intuitions, to develop and nurture our intuitions. But if you do pay attention to these subtle insights, you can make them come true.” Is there an “intuition” you have about…

I continue to enjoy reading insights from Steve Jobs. He wrote this is 2007: “There’s lots of ways to be, as a person. And some people express their deep appreciation in different ways. But one of the ways that I believe people express their appreciation to the rest of humanity is to make something wonderful…

Yesterday I downloaded a book of Steve Jobs writings and in it was a poem he wrote to a friend in 1974. It reads: Listen well everyone Great is the problem of Life and Death No forever gone gone Awake Awake each one Don’t waste your life If you were to do one differently in…

Do you fear the future or are you excited by it? Do you wait for what the world will give you or have faith in what you can create? Can you sit still long enough to ask who am I becoming? Our answers to those questions – and they can change – will begin to…