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A Quote by Scott Raymond Adams on meaning, purpose, and happiness

One day, about ten years ago, I was alone in my office, sitting on the couch and reflecting on the fact that I had managed to become rich and famous in my dream job. For the first time in my life, I had no goals. And for a goal-oriented guy, that’s an empty feeling. Success was supposed to feel good and stay that way. But it tricked me. There was a huge hole in my soul. I sat in my office and sobbed.

Then the change happened. It wasn’t something I thought about. It wasn’t an indication that I am a good person or a bad person. It was just some sort of chemical reaction in my moist robot head. It was natural.

I turned outward.

And in so doing, bit by bit, I found meaning. I found ways to use my success to make the world a little bit better. It’s surprising how often the opportunity comes up. It ranges from personal favors to investment decisions to my choices to continue making a comic and a blog post for you every day.

Scott Raymond Adams : American cartoonist, creator of "Dilbert" in 1989
Scott Raymond Adams (1957 - )
Source: Dilbert Blog: The Meaning of Meaning: http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2007/03/the_meaning_of_.html
Contributed by: ~C4Chaos. More quotes added by ~C4Chaos from all sources
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