Step-by-Step: How Tom Monaghan Went from Orphanage to Pizza Billionaire

At six years old, Tom Monaghan watched his mother walk away, leaving him and his brother at a Catholic orphanage in Michigan.

She wasn’t abandoning them. She was trying to survive after their father died. But Tom didn’t know that.

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Memorial Day: How Four Brave Chaplains Gave Their Lives So Others Could Live

This Memorial Day, remember the four military chaplains who sacrificed their lives to save others during World War II.

Memorial Day Four Chaplains sacrifice
The Four Chaplains became an enduring symbol of courage and sacrifice.

Their selfless acts saved many from a sinking ship, the Dorchester, in 1943.

More than eighty years later, their actions remind us what human courage can look like when fear and chaos take over.

Their story resonates today because much of the world continues searching for hope and stability.

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How Purpose Is Your Secret Key to Living Rich and Long

A new way of rethinking your purpose could be the boost needed for a rich and long life.

Rich life with purpose
The secret for living a rich life is in a well defined purpose/Steve Blaising/Lake Athens, TX

That’s what Gordon Christensen taught as a Harvard professor.

He knew that money and acclaim were not the most important metrics for success in life even though he was named the world’s most influential business thinker in 2011 by Thinkers50.

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Discover peace and purpose in the middle of your brokenness

Robert Fulghum may have found peace and purpose for us all when he posed a question to Alexander Papaderos, PhD Philosophy, during a lecture at the site of a Nazi massacre in Crete during WWII.

“What is the meaning of life?”

Fulghum queried Papaderos, the founder of a peace institute built on the site.

Alexander Papaderos was taking questions after his lecture attended by Fulghum.

The famous author, like the rest of the crowd, was horrified after hearing how the Nazis . . .

Fulghum on peace, purpose

  • decimated Papaderos’ village
  • executed hundreds of the villagers
  • threw Papaderos into a concentration camp

And now he stands before this crowd, calmly lecturing and taking questions about this unspeakable murder.

As Fulghum asks about the purpose of life, nervous laughter engulfs the daring question.

But Papaderos willingly answered Fulghum.

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Boost your life by answering the question of all questions

The question:  How can one know they are living their best life?

Turn questions into possibilities
A boost of joy when settling the question of all questions/Unsplash

Oscar Wilde, Aristotle, Buddah and Jesus weighed in.

Many have studied and followed these guides.

They offer different advice for . . .

  • love
  • work
  • suffering
  • death

So, choose wisely or the result can be disastrous.

The most popular humanities course at Yale University explores them and others in a class entitled, “Life Worth Living.”  Multiple professors teach it.

They compare how the great philosophies answer this question, How can one know they are living their best life? What makes life worth living?  What’s worth pursuing?  Is what we desire worth it?  How does one know they are on the best track to flourish?

The answer begins with another question.

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