We'll always be disappointed if we believe that we can plan for a peak experience and make it … - Harriet Lerner

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When you have worked with people all day who have so little and struggle to make it stretch, who live outside the rarefied, you are humbled.

Harriet Lerner

We'll always be disappointed if we believe that we can plan for a peak experience and make it happen. True joy can't be anticipated or planned. It just strikes.

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