One for the Road—No Mud, No Lotus

Joan Marques

Chapter 8 in Courage in the Twenty-First Century: The Art of Successful Job Transition, 2013, pp 71-80 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract In our lifetime we will experience lots of “muddy” moments, most of them lasting much longer than we would want them to. When we go through the mud-puddles of our personal or professional life, we wonder, “why me?,” “when will this end?”; “what is this good for?”; and similar such questions. We may feel anger, despair, sadness, devastation, shame, inferiority, regret, and maybe even fall into depression. Yet, sooner or later, the lotus moment emerges: the glorious times where everything seems to work out well. Smart people use their mud to nourish the lotus flower that eventually emerges from their beliefs and passions. Subsequently, they don’t keep their lotus flowers to themselves, but share them with their surroundings.

Keywords: Professional Life; Smart People; Lotus Flower; Meditation Center; Vipassana Meditation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137379542_8

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