Author: clfuu

Legend has it that if the groundhog sees his shadow today, that he will be scared back into his hole, leaving us with six more weeks of winter. That’s a long time to hide from yourself.

How do you respond when you see your shadow side?

“In the cherry blossom’s shade there’s no such thing as a stranger.”
―Kobayashi Issa

Sometimes it is a relief or even a joy to share a secret, but there are some secrets that simply must be kept, even if there is a cost.

What lengths have you gone to to keep a secret?

“Secrets press inside a person. They press the way water presses at a dam. The secrets and the water, they both want to get out.”
―Franny Billingsley

What inside you is pushing to get out?

Our most solitary moments can, paradoxically, be those in which we feel most connected—to ancestors, to tradition, to a community of faith, to a sense of the Holy. Being solitary is very different from being alone.

When have you experienced a deep sense of connection although no one you knew was around?