Results

25 to 30-year-olds are more interested in a job that gives them a healthy work/life balance than they are in the pay they receive. A survey done by Fidelity shows that on the average they are willing to give up as much as $7,600 in pay for a better situation at the office. In their pursuit of happiness,…

Nathan Thornburgh was a staff journalist at Time magazine when he felt he was missing something in his life. He quit his job to be a full time father to his two children. Fulfillment still avoided Nathan and he began to check out the self-fulfillment path. Attending a self-fulfillment seminar, The Landmark…

FULFILLMENT/EFFECTIVENESS New research suggests playing video games can satisfy deep psychological needs and improve a person's well-being for a short time. Dr. Scott Rigby of Immersyve, a Florida-based virtual environment think tank says the more a game fulfills a players' sense if independence, achievement,…

In his seventeenth-century devotional classic, A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life, William Law described a thirsty man who kept holding up one empty cup after another to his lips. No matter how beautiful the cups were, Law observed, and no matter how glittery and golden they seemed, the poor man…

EXCELLENCE In his book, "Revolution", George Barna writes, "Excellence is less meaningful to them [the post-Boomer crowd] because it sometimes reflects the slickness of exploitation and manipulation." —"Revolution", p. 44. Illustration by Jim L. Wilson 1 Corinthians 13:2 (HCSB) "If I have [the gift of]…

HAGGLING OVER THE PRICE The author Rudyard Kipling wrote, “If you don’t get what you want, it is a sign either that you did not seriously want it, or that you tried to bargain over the price.” How badly do you want to reach your potential and fulfill your true purpose in life? Are you hungry for Christ?…

Bubba and The Potato Field An old man lived alone in Idaho. He wanted to spade his potato garden, but it was backbreaking work, and his son, Bubba, who used to help him, was in prison. The old man mentioned it in a letter he sent to his son by saying, “I’m not sure exactly what to do. I’m just getting…

The Japanese introduced a tree to the world that is called a Bonsai tree. It is measured in inches instead of feet as other trees are measured. It is not allowed to reach anywhere near its full growth potential but instead grows in a stunted miniature form. The reason for it growing in stunted form is…