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A 2026 Adventure to discover and savor the beautiful moments in your life. 💫 Created by Jennifer Aaker and Jenna Abdou. Painting by Kelly Mumford.
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Beautiful Moments — Week 38 with Katina Bajaj (opens the original)
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Dear Friends,We’re excited to hand over today’s edition to our friend, Katina Bajaj, co-founder of the creative health lab, Daydreamers.As a creative health scientist, Katina studies how creativity, play, and wonder shape health and human flourishing. She practices what she studies, and this week she’s sharing one of her own rituals for noticing what moves her.As she writes, “beauty, scientifically speaking, is in the eye of the beholder. It is whatever moves you, evokes your senses, and ultimat
Beautiful Moments — Week 37 with Kamini Ramani (opens the original)
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Dear Friends,In Hindu tradition, Saraswati is the goddess of knowledge and wisdom. According to legend, the sage Narada once asked her: “What is true knowledge?”Saraswati replied: “It is to know oneself.”Her name carries a similar meaning: sara, means essence, and sva, means self. Saraswati is “she who helps us realize the essence of the self.”Our friend Kamini Ramani shares this story in her new book, Lotus Leadership
Beautiful Moments — Week 36 with Sally Thornton (opens the original)
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Dear Friends,When our friend Sally Thornton was five years old, her mom took her on a special trip to SeaWorld. After watching the shows, Sally declared that she wanted to work with orcas and dolphins. Her (incredible) mom then walked her to the SeaWorld careers office and expressed that her daughter (who, at the time, could not see over the counter) aspired to get a job there. Sally didn’t pursue a career studying marine life. Still, her childhood dream to swim with orcas and dolphins remained
Beautiful Moments — Week 35 with Coco Cohn (opens the original)
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Dear Friends,When Stephen Curry was a junior in high school, he dreamed of playing basketball at Virginia Tech, where both his parents were athletes. Still, the team didn’t have a spot for him. The coaches didn’t believe that he was fit to play D1 basketball.Soon after, Davidson Coach Bob McKillop went to watch Steph play. He was struck by his resilience.“He made turnovers. He made bad plays. But, he never stopped playing,” Coach McKillop said.The stakes were high for Coach McKillop and Davidson
Beautiful Moments — Week 34 with Jack Pleasants (opens the original)
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Dear Friends,When our friend Jack Pleasants was two years old Santa brought him a guitar for Christmas. As soon as he unwrapped it, he asked his dad to join him in a living room U2 concert. Jack played guitar as The Edge. His dad sang as Bono. After their concert ended, Jack made a simple request to his mom: He wanted a playdate with Bono. Jack’s mom, Jen, gently let him know that she didn’t have Bono’s phone number. So, it would be challenging to coordinate a playdate. Jack gracefully accepted.
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