Welcome to the Sunday Evening Sofa - Two Quotes and One Question
(from the Small Stories about Big Things newsletter)
My hope? Maybe you can lean back onto your Sunday evening sofa with…
a bit more encouragement,
a bit more calm,
and a helpful thought or two sitting with your soul.
QUOTES
True story, Word of Honor:
Joseph Heller, an important and funny writer
now dead,
and I were at a party given by a billionaire
on Shelter Island.
I said, “Joe, how does it make you feel
to know that our host only yesterday
may have made more money
than your novel ‘Catch-22’
has earned in its entire history?”
And Joe said, “I’ve got something he can never have.”
And I said, “What on earth could that be, Joe?”
And Joe said, “The knowledge that I’ve got enough.”
Not bad! Rest in peace!
-Kurt Vonnegut, The New Yorker, May 16, 2005
“It's a great honor to win an Oscar, but I think if you aim to be rewarded in your life you'll get nowhere. I think that the biggest reward is the work itself and what you get out of it and the connections you make with other people.”
- Natalie Portman
QUESTION
What is your definition of success?