It seems odd that the day which honors Jesus’s torment on the cross should be referred to a “Good Friday.” What could be good about that kind of suffering? And yet, mythology is full of these stories of tortured gods and heroes.
How has your personal story been shaped by a time of intense physical or emotional pain?
The ability to balance the body in seemingly precarious positions comes from the strength of the core muscles of the abdomen and back. In other words, it is our core strength that allows us to find balance when life gets precarious.
What helps you to develop your own core strength?
The aloe plant is known for its healing properties. Break a leaf and the sap that oozes out does wonderful things to heal a burn. That same sap will cover over the broken place on the plant and allow it to heal.
What skill that you have developed for healing yourself have you applied to helping others to heal?
“A [person’s] interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry list of the fauna and flora of a town.” —Henry David Thoreau
What has become precious to you because you have taken the time to get to know it?
Eventually this spiny seed case will open and spill out the start of new life. Not yet. For now it is just going to defend itself by being prickly.
What do you find yourself defending by being prickly?
