Month: October 2015

Halloween issues an invitation to turn toward the mysterious, the hidden, the things that excite and frighten us because we don’t fully see or understand.

What intrigues you even if it doesn’t appeal to you?

People are commonly accused of “airing our dirty laundry in public.” And surely not everything needs to be on display. But on the other hand, one way to get your laundry smelling fresh and clean is to allow it to air out, and that might just mean having it hanging in the public eye.

What has felt cleaner and more wholesome to you after you allowed people to see it?

Sometimes you can see the other shore, but you just can’t figure out how to get there. It isn’t easy to stay in that place of waiting and wondering, but that tends to be the place where the solution eventually appears. The boat out on the horizon might be headed your way.

What are you waiting for?

It seems very odd that the stripes that make zebras so eye-catching and distinctive are actually an evolutionary strategy to make them better at hiding from predators. We don’t necessarily know what makes us stand out in a crowd.

When have you been surprised that you made a big impression?

“For me, the opposite of scarcity is not abundance. It’s enough. I’m enough.”
—Brene Brown

In what areas of your life is it more helpful to think about sufficiency rather than abundance?