The flower feeds the bee. The bee pollinates the flower. Who is the giver and who is the receiver?
What do you do for your own benefit that also helps someone else?
Category: Meditations
What You Have Received
“I know what I have given you…
I do not know what you have received.”
―Antonio Porchia
When have you received something quite different from what the giver intended?
A Gift of Words
Every now and again we read or hear just the exact words that we needed to inspire us, provide solace, or to help us understand what was in our heart that we couldn’t quite name. These words come as a very special gift, easily kept and easily shared.
What words have come to you as a gift that you have cherished over the years?
Joy and Service
“I slept and I dreamed that life is all joy. I woke and I saw that life is all service. I served and I saw that service is joy.”
―Kahlil Gibran
When have you taken joy in serving others?
Unwrapping the Gift
There’s an odd sort of joy/frustration mix in any act of unwrapping. Will the gift be what I was hoping for? Will the avocado be perfect or brown? Any moment of unwrapping is a doorway, a place of possibility where hopes are dashed or exceeded.
How do you like to unwrap gifts? Are you a paper-tearer or one who opens carefully and tidily?