Sometimes it happens that you are cruising along through life, headed down your usual path, when there turns out to be a huge sink-hole that was never there before. Illness, accident, death, divorce—even childbirth or a relationship you never expected, can leave you with your wheels in the air and the wind knocked out of you.
What has helped you to get back on solid ground when life has left you jack-knifed?
Baby birds wait, beaks to the sky, for food to magically appear—as it almost certainly will. Sometimes patience and faith are all we need. The adult bird, however, had better get off its tail feathers and go hustle up its own grub.
How do you find a balance between trusting in the universe to provide and taking responsibility for creating what you need?
“What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.”
―Ralph Waldo Emerson
Which of your virtues has the world not yet discovered?
The barking of colony of sea lions can be heard a long way from the shore. Apparently being a sea lion is a very noisy job. We’ve all felt oppressed by being in the midst of an inescapable racket, but there are also times when it feels good to take up space and be loud.
In what situations do you like to be noisy? When do you like to be quiet?
You might dress up for church, or for work, or for a date or a concert or a party. Or you might dress up so that you could match the beauty of what you see around you, or as preparation for the road ahead.
What sort of outfit best suits what you see before you?
