You know you want to. One big puff and the seeds will scatter in that satisfying burst of flying fluff that you remember so well from childhood. Only now you know that you would be planting hundreds of dandelions that you would only have to pull up later.
What looks different to you now than it did in your childhood?
Vines flower on the face of ancient walls. Trees grow in the cracks between alpine rocks. Wherever, however, life manages to find a way.
How have you managed to create beauty in an inhospitable environment?
Folks in the US celebrate the 4th of July as Independence Day, the day that marks the independence of the colonies from England. But many people celebrate very different independence days, such as the anniversary of their independence from alcohol or drugs.
What do you celebrate your independence from?
Did you think that bananas were long and yellow? So much of the world is beyond our experience, and so beyond our comprehension, or even our imagination.
What will you do today to broaden what you know of the world?
“Once the soul awakens, the search begins and you can never go back. From then on, you are inflamed with a special longing that will never again let you linger in the lowlands of complacency and partial fulfillment. The eternal makes you urgent. You are loath to let compromise or the threat of danger hold you back from striving toward the summit of fulfillment.”
― John O’Donohue
What is your soul in search of?
