The Hard Things
Tom Morris
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Tom Morris
Philosopher. Yale PhD. UNC Morehead-Cain. I bring wisdom to business and to the culture in talks, advising, and books. Bestselling author. Novelist. 30+ books. TomVMorris.com. TheOasisWithin.com.
Philosopher Mike Austin posted a good quote on Twitter just now: "The soul is not shaped, nor is character ever formed, through comfort and convenience." - @johneldredge
Playwright, author, and psychologist Florida Scott Maxwell, in her truly wonderful little book, The Measure of My Days, reflected back from a high perch in her 80s on her life's big lessons and said she had come to realize something of vital importance: The hard things, indeed the very hardest things, the things she most disliked throughout her life had, in a surprising act of spiritual alchemy, created in her the qualities of character, a sort of "hardihood" that she most prized.
A good lesson for us all. On Amazon: https://amzn.to/2JszpXA