Wouldn’t it be great if our day started with the perfect, healthy, delicious meal, arranged and glowing like a work of art? Wouldn’t it be great to lay everything out just so, reveling in its wholistic completion? Who knows? It’s not as if anyone actually lives that way.
What imperfect, flawed thing has blessed you today?
We lift our eyes to the mountains, to the majesty and beauty of the rocky crags. But day-to-day living happens in the valleys, in the less exalted, but more livable spaces.
What terribly prosaic thing is a blessing to you?
“If you expect the blessings of God, be kind to [God’s] people.”
―Abu Bakr
How have you been blessed through helping others?
The dolphin’s gleeful smile is just a feature of its anatomy, but as far as we can tell their amazing above-water acrobatics are something they do for fun, just because they can. Play is just part of their “porpoise” in life.
How do you play?
The U.S. holiday honoring veterans takes place on Armistice Day, the date of the end of the “War to End All Wars.” Of course, war has raged unabated since that time, but what better way to honor veterans than to turn our hearts and minds and hands toward a world at peace?
How do you promote peace?
