Not surprisingly, most people feel most beautiful when they are involved in an act of service, or are doing something that makes them feel generous, connected, or seen by others.
From Jacqueline Novogratz
Freedom is what beauty feels like when it can most express itself.
I am an insomniac. Most of my nights include a moment of wakening. Often I will make my way to the kitchen to make tea and read for awhile.
Even when early innovations start to succeed, it is not uncommon to see growing businesses sabotaged for threatening the status quo.
What farmers gain most of all from the increase in agricultural productivity, of course, is choice.
Grief releases love and it also instills a profound sense of connection.
In India, we now see many highly qualified professionals ready to work in the rural hinterland and in their own towns and cities to tackle development issues directly without depending much on the government.
Our actions - and inaction - touch people we may never know and never meet across the globe.
I think I still have a great sense of adventure and trust, and am surprisingly idealistic given all the horrible things I've seen since I was 25. I think how I have changed is that I have a much deeper understanding of the dark forces in the world, of power.
When I see people that are my age and reaching 50, the ones that are really sparkly and full of joy are the ones that are committed to something bigger than themselves.
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