Quote of the Day: Are you Cultivated*?

“Happiness must be cultivated. It is like character. It is not a thing to be safely let alone for a moment, or it will run to weeds.”
~ Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
Spirit: Cultivated takes tremendous pleasure in seeing things grow. They love to nurture their inner life, other people, animals, nature, and ultimately good ideas. Happy to foster and promote the growth of others, Cultivated works toward what is best for the individual as well as the group. They are interesting to other people precisely because they are actively and sincerely interested in the world around them. They respect, honor, and celebrate the customs of various communities and traditions and are consummate connectors of people. They are natural leaders. Positively passionate about growing, learning, and teaching, Cultivated is often well trained or educated (either formally or self-taught) and thus can sometimes be quite self-critical, overextending for accomplishments. They always have some pursuit or exploration under way. Cultivated considers all of life’s experiences-positive and negative-nutrients for the inner garden from which they reap their harvest.
Look & Feel: Always quality, with a high degree of taste. Can run the gamut from sophisticated and refined to culturally diverse, eccentric, or bohemian. Rich, artistic, intellectually advanced. Full range of textures, tastes and aromas.
- EXCERPTED FROM: Style Statement: Live by Your Own Design
*Your Style Statement works on the 80/20 principle. Your first word is your 80%, your foundation and first nature. Your second word is your creative edge, the 20% that motivates and inspires you.
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