We judge books by their covers all the time. We also judge people based on a variety of factors like size, age and color that tell us remarkably little about the person inside.
What helps you to look beyond the surface of the people you meet?
Month: June 2016
Just Hatched
Imagine what a shock it must be for a newly hatched chick to break free of its shell. There’s no way the chick could conceive, as it pecks its way free, what it might be headed for. It must be terrifically uncomfortable to be squashed inside a too-small shell, or no chick would struggle so hard to enter the unknown.
What has motivated you to break out into an unforeseeable new life?
The Mystery of Existence
“The greatest mystery of existence is existence itself.”
—Deepak Chopra
What amazes you by simply existing?
On the Bridge
A bridge covers the distance between the known and the unknown. Neither one place nor another, a bridge is a process more than a location, a verb more than a noun.
What are you bridging?
Standing in Mystery
Just why Neolithic people built grand circles of standing stones, and what they did with them, remains shrouded in mystery. But we assume that they served religious and ritual purposes. Which is to say that they are a mystery designed to address the Mystery.
What rituals or places help you get in touch with Mystery?