Category: Meditations

Some of us stay-at-home types need a little help to embark on great adventures. But we want to see the world. Really we do.

Who has helped you to expand your horizons?

As the Beatles so famously sang, money can’t buy you love. But it can buy a certain degree of freedom, whether in the shape of freedom from worry or in the shape of the freedom to pursue dreams.

What freedom would you like to have the money to buy?

“A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with [their] freedom.”
—Bob Dylan

What responsibilities are you most committed to?

This magnificent eagle in flight is the very picture of freedom—except for the tethers on its legs that mark it as a trained bird who will go back to its handler. It could fly away, but chooses to return.

What tethers do you voluntarily allow to limit your freedom?

How high we go and where we travel is different for each of us. But somehow, with or without wings, we find a way to fly.

When have you overcome what felt like an insurmountable obstacle?