Category: Meditations

“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.”
―Desmond Tutu

When have you found it wise to remain neutral? When have you given up neutrality in favor of justice?

The first of January is a traditional time for turning over a new leaf, and setting aspirations for the year to come. Often times those resolutions are more aspirational than realistic.

What is one intention that you have for the year to come that you believe you can actually keep?

Much of the holiday season involves giving and receiving. But New Year’s Eve is, at heart, a celebration of their opposite—letting go, releasing the old year so that we are ready for the year to come. If you feel like there is much from this past year that you are ready to consign to the ash heap, you are not alone.

What do you release from this past year?

The cour in encourage means “heart.” When we encourage someone—or they encourage us—we strengthen hearts for the task at hand.

What words of encouragement have lifted your heart?

“Gracious acceptance is an art ― an art which most never bother to cultivate. We think that we have to learn how to give, but we forget about accepting things, which can be much harder than giving…. Accepting another person’s gift is allowing [them] to express [their] feelings for you.”
―Alexander McCall Smith

What have you learned about accepting gifts?