Unlike puppies or kittens, newborn foals are able to walk and interact with the world within minutes of their birth. The may be awkward and gangly, but they pretty much hit the ground running.
What is up and running for you today, new and awkward though it may be?
“The most important thing to remember is this: To be ready at any moment to give up what you are for what you might become.”
–W. E. B. Du Bois
What have you given up to become something new?
There’s a way across the river, but you have to be brave, willing to take the leap from stone to stone, open to choosing your path when you have already jumped away from the safety of the shore.
What difficult crossing in your life are you trying to navigate?
Flamingos take on their rosy coloring from the pigment in the shrimp that they eat, holding in their pink feathers the underwater world that sustains them.
What will you take in today that can give a bit of rosy glow to your life?
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
–Thich Nhat Hanh
How will you choose to create joy today?
