Month: May 2014

A wedding is a covenant, a promise. It is a commitment to hold on to a relationship and not to let go “for better or for worse.”

What are you covenanted to hold on to?

A graduation is a commencement, a beginning. Whenever we leave something behind, whether it’s preschool, college or a long-term job, both anxiety and excitement are pretty much inevitable. However we may feel about it, these points of moving on arise over and over again.

What commencement are you experiencing or looking toward?

“We must be willing to let go of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” – Joseph Campbell

What sort of a life do you imagine might be waiting for you if you let go of the life you planned?

To jump out of a plane is daring, but to jump out of a plane without a parachute is just stupid.

What sort of a parachute has allowed you to do something risky?

Everyone knows that inevitably socks disappear in the dryer, leaving you with unmatched, solo socks. The solution must be to hang your socks out in pairs, without ever exposing them to the unfathomable vortex that is the dryer.

What extraordinary steps do you take to hold on to something you are unwilling to lose?