Take off your shoes and make yourself at home. Or, like Mr. Rogers, change into your comfiest old sweater. Or settle into the chair that feels just right.
What actions make you feel at home?
Category: Meditations
Valentine’s Day
Hooray for love! Yes, sure, romantic love, but also the love of friends and family and pets. Also the love of chocolate and warm socks and a perfect cup of coffee or tea. The love of books. The love of trees. All the uncountable kinds of love.
What sort of love will you celebrate today?
At the Finish Line
We all hold the image, if not the experience, of a crowd waiting at the finish line of a race to welcome and cheer on the weary contestants as they enter the final stretch.
For what part of your life would you like a crowd to cheer you on as your goal comes in sight?
A Toast
In cultures around the world, gathering together is an opportunity to wish good fortune, to note special milestones and to express hopes for the future. Which is say, a toast is essentially a prayer with a raised glass.
What toast will you offer the world today?
Understanding
“There is no hospitality like understanding.”
―Vanna Bonta
When have you been moved by someone offering you the hospitality of truly listening and understanding your perspective?