Face it, in spite of your best efforts some days are going to be bad hair days, when things just go awry. Some days not only are you not going to be the graceful swan, you won’t even make it to a respectable version of a goose. Some days are like that.
What helps you feel better on the bad hair days, when things go wrong?
Bees are certainly both industrious and useful, buzzing from flower to flower, collecting food to store, and pollinating plants in the process. But it could be that they understand themselves not as worker bees, but rather as gluttons, spending all day sipping sweetness from the most beautiful sources.
What useful activity feels to you like play?
Any moment now a breeze or a child will come along and the dandelion puffball will be flying everywhere, hundreds of tiny parachutes dropping seeds in all directions. But not yet.
What in your life might change shape at any moment?
Some people, we say, have “a green thumb,” a way with nurturing plants, while others do not. It turns out that mostly what it takes to have a green thumb is the willingness to put in the effort, the dedication to learn what each plant needs and then provide it.
What do people see you as gifted at because you care enough about it to do it well?
They say that you have to play to win, but the saying leaves out an important part of the equation. What is the prize that you really want? Are you buying your tickets for the jackpot that really means the most to you?
What jackpot do you most deeply hope you could win?
