Often a term is best captured when it is cast against its contrast. ![]() Not because I have “3 simple steps” that magically make the rain stop and never reappear, but rather, to at least focus on the question that visits all of us on and off throughout our lives. This question is why I wrote Flourishing: Why Some People Thrive and Others Just Survive. And we wonder if this is all there is for us. The question forms, settling in like a mid-afternoon rainstorm, and it doesn’t get chased away easily. And then something happens that shakes a question out of us – “Is this all that was intended for my life?” It might be a divine epiphany of sorts, a longer-than-usual glance in the mirror, a sore back that keeps us down longer than usual, or an encounter with an old friend from school. The weeks and months compound and they turn into years. We are motivated enough or conditioned sufficiently or have just enough bulldog in us that we push ourselves from one day to the next and one week or month to the next… and we get by. Christ has come that His people may have life in all its fullness!” – C.H. ![]() Others are full of life, and are bright and vehement, like the fire upon the blacksmith’s forge when the bellows are in full blast. Some have life, but it flickers like a dying candle, and is indistinct as the fire in the smoking flax. – David Roth, Workmatters President and CEO Workmatters is excited to partner with Steve in sharing his content with you from time to time as a resource in your journey to find purpose and meaning in your work and life! ![]() Steve Graves is an author, coach, entrepreneur, faith-and-work pioneer…and he’s been my friend and advisor for almost 20 years.
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