The central question in all of our lives is how to live, and-one way or another-we find ourselves on this path, on a journey toward an answer. Here, thirty-five exceptional survivors, who are either starting, in the middle, or nearing the end of their life's path tell of the secrets they've found.
Nothing prepares you for life. No schooling asks the big questions, and you will find no direction outside yourself. Some of us look for meaning in the mind, others in nature, family, community, or work, but the only place you'll find it is in your heart. The heart can only be lived; it can't be explained. When you reach the end of your life-and all of us will at some point, what things you've picked up have given your life meaning?
All of the people, through these rites of passage, are being, drawn toward, are now immersed, or have spent their lives working more deeply toward a greater appreciation of themselves. The first love of your life can only be yourself: who you are, what you've been given, what you can offer, and what you are becoming.
These are not sanitized versions, self-help aphorisms, pigeonholed people, or bedtime stories. These are authentic rites of passage, unfiltered, and unfolded by layers. Lives like yours: confusing, complex, uncertain, and in the process of finding their roots.
Some will guide you toward all you want, others explore horrors you can only hope will never call. Some have changed our world, others are doing so now or will in the future, and still others tell secrets you'll never learn unless you join them here, in The Learning Project.
