Category: Meditations

Here. These flowers are for you. Congratulations. Well done.

What accomplishment, however small, would you like to be congratulated for?

“…Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting –
over and over announcing your place
in the family of things.”
—Mary Oliver

What reminds you of your place in the family of things?

One way to belong is to dress alike, believe alike, look alike, worship alike. But even in the most homogeneous group no two stories are the same.

When have you felt disconnected from a group that appeared very much like you?

Adventure awaits across the field—but only because adventure is already on the minds of intrepid explorers.

Where do you visit only in your imagination?

The light from inside the campers’ tents, the light from the street lamps in town, the light from the distant stars—it’s all headed outward at exactly the same speed, coinciding at this particular moment in time and space. If you ever feel alone, remember that light and gravity will cross the universe to be with you.

How does it feel to you, being such a small part of this vast universe?