Did the recent passing of Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs have any impact on you? Or did it pass quietly and unnoticed in your mind as just another death?

Although the loss may not have been as shocking as that of Michael Jackson or Princess Diana, I think there’s still much to garner whenever any death makes its presence on our life.

Could we live our lives better, with more grace, compassion, patience? Is there a way we can work to be more mindful, happier, less anxious? Maybe you feel like life has given you all lemons and you’re tired of being the one who always has to make the lemonade. The thing is none of us really know why we’re struggling in any given moment we’re in. The only way to find out is to keep going. It’s always in reflection that we finally uncover the meaning behind a moment and the answers to the why questions (e.g. Why me? Why this?) we had before.

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