Some kinds of change come in a flash of inspiration or a bolt that strikes you from the blue. Some changes come from just staying on the treadmill, committing to doing something for the long haul, even if it’s not dramatic or exciting.
What transformation are you working for over the long haul?
We seek not rest but transformation.
We are dancing through each other as doorways.
—Marge Piercy
How do you serve as a doorway to someone else’s transformation?
From the outside, all is cold, pristine, untouched. But inside the barn is full of the warm breath of cows, the smell of manure, the sound of animals rustling and chewing. Not so pristine, but very much alive.
Where is life and growth hiding for you, in all its complex messiness?
There is no pot of gold at the end of this rainbow. OK, or any rainbow. What you get is the rainbow itself, all the colors of light on brilliant display.
What recent experience have you cherished just for itself, and not for any possible use it could bring you?
For some it is a way of life—to observe, to note, to take in the small details. For those of us who are not owls it requires an ongoing discipline of cultivating wide eyes to notice life’s tiniest blessings.
What do you see right now if you enter the mode of wide eyes?
