A Jar of Soil Reminds Us of Where We Are All Headed says Brother Nikanor

There is room in the business world for contemplation and meditating on the Meaning of life as a lecture by Dr.Kazuo Inamori that I attended on October 1st proved.

On Trading Places, Adam Pasick points to the story of Brother Nikanor as related in Broker turned monk offers home truths on crisis (Reuters, October 1st) by his colleague Anna Mudeva.

Now living in the Tsurnogorski Monastery in Bulgaria, "Brother Nikanor, a Nasdaq broker turned monk, advises former colleagues to put a jar with soil on their desks to remind them where we are all heading and what matters in life".
Do read the rest of the piece.

Getting back to Dr. Kazuo Inamori if there is one thing I should mention from what he said it would be that 'good fortune is one of the trials of life and we should accept all trials as signs of life'.

Reflecting on Friday!

Original story on Serge the Concierge

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