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Law Practice

Apr. 28, 2009

Is Law Bringing Meaning to Your Life? Then Call It a Calling

Lawyers should take the time to survey whether they're getting all they can out of their careers.

Timothy A. Tosta

Arent Fox LLP

Email: tim.tosta@arentfox.com

The following insight of a 13th century Sufi poet, Rumi, survived eight centuries because of its truth, its clarity and its uncanny ability even now, in the 21st century, to still bring us up short: "There is one thing in this world you must never forget to do. Human beings come into this world to do particular work. That work is their purpose, and each is specific to the person. If you forget everything else and not this, there's nothing to worry about. If you remember everything else a...

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