The “Feast of the Sacrifice” is the most important holiday of the year in Islam. While we might honor sacrifices made by soldiers or first responders, Western culture tends to promote “having it all” rather than the choice to give up things that matter for a larger purpose.
What is the biggest sacrifice you have made for the sake of something beyond yourself
We humans dream of flying, of soaring like hawks on outstretched arms. But mostly we hop, rather than soar. We launch ourselves up, and promptly come back to earth. Perhaps these tiny moments of flight are just as glorious as the unattainable soaring, if only for the fact that we can actually make them happen.
What small victory will you celebrate today?
When we walk on a bridge or pier we see the “right side,” the side designed for traffic, the side meant to be exposed to the world. But what holds us up is the unseen underside, the structure that makes the rest possible.
What beliefs are so foundational for you that you rarely think about them?
This mailbox looks as if it’s been waiting for the mail to come for some time, with deliveries, perhaps, few and far between.
What have you waited and hoped for the longest?
We speak of things moving with glacial speed, the inch by inch pace of social change or changing a deeply-held habit. But while glaciers may not move rapidly, they reshape everything in their path as they go.
What slow process of change do you see in your life or the world around you?
