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    “Ask yourself, ‘What makes my heart sing?’  Your passion is not a passing interest or even a hobby.  A passion is something that is intensely meaningful and core to your identity.  Once you identify what your passion is, can you say it influences your daily activities?  Can you incorporate it into what you do professionally?” ~ Carmine Gallo, Talk Like TED

      “If you learned you were going to die in a few days, what regrets would you have?  Which of them could you resolve if you were given another 5 years? …Do you try to envision your future and live now as you think you’ll one day wish you had?” ~ Gregory Stock, The Book of Questions

        “After a medical examination, your doctor calls and says you have a rare lymphatic cancer and only a month to live.  A week later, she informs you that the lab test was wrong and you’re perfectly healthy.  Do you think the insights from having to face death this way would be worth the pain? …What life changes do you think a close brush with death might provoke for you?”

        Gregory Stock, The Book of Questions

          “If you knew you were destined never to achieve anything of real importance, how would it change your goals and attitudes?  What if you knew you were destined for great things but didn’t know what?  …What in your life do you think will seem most meaningful when you look back many years from now?  What do you think you’ll regret when you look back?”

          Gregory Stock, The Book of Questions

            “What is the most outrageous thing you’ve ever done?  Do you look back on it more with pleasure or regret?  …Do you wish you’d been more or less cautious in your life?” ~ Gregory Stock, The Book of Questions

              “It does not matter how long you live.  It only matters that you love it while you’re here.” ~ Ellen Gilchrist, Acts of God

                “To be alive becomes the fundamental luck each ordinary, compromising day manages to bury.” ~ Ellen Gilchrist, Acts of God

                  “One of the most tragic things that any one of us can do is to put off living.  Too many people are dreaming of some magical rose garden on the horizon rather than enjoying the one growing in our back yards.  What a tragedy.” ~ Robin S. Sharma, The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari

                    “One must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind him to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle – and a mystery.” ~ Robin S. Sharma, The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari

                      “I am an artist at living – my work of art is my life.” ~ Suzuki