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THE QUESTION
Are You Satisfied?
Are you satisfied with where you are now in your life?
Posted by
Sally Quinn and Jon Meacham on May 18, 2007 6:03 AM
FROM THE PANEL
A Hunger for Tomorrow
I honestly believe that if my life had not changed when it did, I would be on drugs, in prison or dead by now.
Posted by Lyle Dukes, on May 22, 2007 4:39 PM
Living Every Minute of It
I cannot explain why I don’t spend every breath thanking God for the opportunity to be alive.
Posted by Eboo Patel, on May 22, 2007 3:22 PM
The Forest-Dweller Stage of Life
Forest-dwelling is not necessarily retirement; it is more a state of mind than a plan of action.
Posted by Wendy Doniger, on May 22, 2007 9:32 AM
Life is Good, Even Off the Field
My only real disappointment is my failure to become a second baseman for the Detroit Tigers
Posted by Randall Balmer, on May 22, 2007 8:27 AM
Blessed Personally, Professionally and Spiritually
There are many ways in which life can be good, and I have been blessed with quite a few of them
Posted by Pamela K. Taylor, on May 22, 2007 7:12 AM
St. Anthony, Raise Me Up
I find that in the middle of grief, I internalize the negative far more than the positive.
Posted by Donna Freitas, on May 22, 2007 6:41 AM
Not With Where WE Are
How can I be satisfied living in proximity to the violence, death, and insanity of a war zone?
Posted by James Anderson, on May 21, 2007 10:31 AM
More Like Gratitude... with Sadness
There's a wider context to one's life, isn't there? And somehow the word satisfied just doesn't really work there.
Posted by Gustav Niebuhr, on May 21, 2007 9:00 AM
Learning to Appreciate God's Gifts
I am satisfied with not being satisfied.
Posted by Samuel Rodriguez, on May 21, 2007 8:39 AM
Satisfied or Fulfilled?
A fulfilled life is one of big ideas and simple pleasures. A life of love in which we listen for God’s continuous call.
Posted by Jim Cooper, on May 21, 2007 7:12 AM
Seeking and Finding What Matters
Someone asked me about 10 years ago what I would like written on my epitaph. I responded immediately without even hesitating. “Good mother, good wife, good daughter, good friend.” He was surprised at my answer. Not as surprised as I...
Posted by Sally Quinn, on May 20, 2007 11:20 AM
Not Quite Mortal
Every year I tell my students that those who know, truly know, that they are going to die also know how to live.
Posted by Stephen Prothero, on May 20, 2007 10:51 AM
Blessed by the Goddess
I’ve had losses and disappointments, but they are far outweighed by the gifts the Goddess has blessed me with.
Posted by Starhawk, on May 20, 2007 9:28 AM
Concerns About Church, Country
I believe my church has sufficient leadership to restore balance to the Anglican Communion.
Posted by John Shelby Spong, on May 20, 2007 8:15 AM
I Am Satisfied
I have had a long, good life.
Posted by Gardner Calvin Taylor, on May 20, 2007 7:36 AM
Satisfied and Surprised
I find myself much more in the center than on the left wing—or, of course, the right wing.
Posted by John Dominic Crossan, on May 19, 2007 10:52 AM
Still So Much to Do
If you feel, as I do, that God has set you here to improve the lives of those who are disadvantaged, you can never be satisfied.
Posted by Julia Neuberger, on May 19, 2007 9:11 AM
Happy to be of Service
I thank the Almighty God for sparing my life when many I knew felt to the blows of death at younger age.
Posted by Sulayman Nyang, on May 19, 2007 8:58 AM
Love More, Pray More, Golf More
In human terms I have obviously 'peaked', since I'm in what is clearly my last job.
Posted by Nicholas T. Wright, on May 19, 2007 7:40 AM
"What's Next?"
I think it is important to lean forward into life and not get stuck in the past or too satisfied with your present.
Posted by Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite, on May 18, 2007 10:49 AM
Satisfied - and Full of Gratitude
If we really understand God’s compassion, we have an ongoing concern for people in need in our society, in my case the most marginalized.
Posted by Charles "Chuck" Colson, on May 18, 2007 9:07 AM
An Unending Attempt to Reach More
Whatever I have achieved in the past, there are always new horizons to conquer.
Posted by Adin Steinsaltz, on May 18, 2007 8:14 AM
A World of Challenges
World events have given me not only a profession but also a vocation and mission.
Posted by John Esposito, on May 18, 2007 7:38 AM
Keeping "I" Out of My Way
When my needs, desires and purpose are in perfect harmony with God's purpose then a state of grace is experienced.
Posted by Salman Ahmad, on May 17, 2007 10:00 AM
Upward and Onward
The question reminds me of one I was asked some years ago by a salesperson for my newspaper syndicate. After crossing a milestone in the number of papers carrying my column, I called to thank him for his efforts and...
Posted by Cal Thomas, on May 17, 2007 8:12 AM
Living Generously in the Service of Others
I believe that the good life--the really good life--is a live lived generously in the service of others.
Posted by William J. Byron, on May 17, 2007 7:18 AM
FEATURED COMMENTS
ItisALLaboutJesus: Before I responded to this questioned I pondered the answers of so many who have responded before me and sadly the resounding answer to the ...
norma s jenkins: I think I have learned much on this journey and still need to learn more, I am finding it more important to be satisfied in my faith walk. T...
candide: I thank whatever gods that be for my unconquerable soul...
