Category: Meditations

“The most important thing to remember is this: To be ready at any moment to give up what you are for what you might become.”
–W. E. B. Du Bois

What have you given up to become something new?

There’s a way across the river, but you have to be brave, willing to take the leap from stone to stone, open to choosing your path when you have already jumped away from the safety of the shore.

What difficult crossing in your life are you trying to navigate?

Flamingos take on their rosy coloring from the pigment in the shrimp that they eat, holding in their pink feathers the underwater world that sustains them.

What will you take in today that can give a bit of rosy glow to your life?

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
–Thich Nhat Hanh

How will you choose to create joy today?

Thistles protect themselves with an array of spiny thorns, and there are few animals that would dare to try to eat a thistle. But many birds find thistle seed irresistible, and an opened thistle flower is well worth the prickling on the toes.

What have you braved for the chance to be part of something creative and/or delicious?