In Pursuit of Fulfillment

In the United States, many consider the first celebration of Mother’s Day to have happened in 1870, when Julia Ward Howe wrote the Mother’s Day Proclamation. Howe had written The Battle Hymn of the Republic 12 years earlier, but she became so distressed by the events of the Civil War that she asked mothers everywhere [...]

Michelle Obama’s Message to Military Families: You Do Live in a Grateful Nation (via The White House) First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden today marked the one year anniversary of the launch of Joining Forces with an event on the South Lawn of the White House, and Mrs. Obama used the occasion to [...]

By Angela Atkinson You can never be too happy, I always say. And, happiness is contagious (in a good way!) That’s why, in addition to polling the world at large in this happiness-inducing Storify, I took a poll of my Facebook friends to find out what makes them happy–I hope something they mention might inspire [...]

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By Angela Atkinson Oh, Oprah! My heart, it’s in pieces. I’m not one of these people who blindly follows celebrities just because everyone else does, and I’m not generally one to even think too hard about anything a celebrity does. I’m not into the reality shows (with the exception of American Idol, of course), and [...]

By Angela Atkinson Have you heard about the big bucks Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s allocating for the study of the human mind? Allen wants to figure out what makes us tick. According to a recent press release, the Allen Institute for Brain Science recently announced that Paul G. Allen has committed an additional $300 million [...]

One of the biggest reasons I created the In Pursuit of Fulfillment site is because I wanted to help other people have better lives. Over the years, I’ve come to understand that all it takes to begin to effect positive change in your life is the ability to believe that you can–that you really can [...]