Category: Meditations

The first duty of love is to listen.
—Paul Tillich

Who have you offered love to in the form of listening recently? Who has truly listened to you?

Love. Dream. Hope. Brick by brick, moment by moment, we declare how we will live in the world. Word by word. Interaction by interaction.

What word will you choose to build into your day?

Sometimes it is the simplest touch—a hand on the shoulder or the back of the head—that makes us feel connected, cared about and secure.

How will you let someone know today that you are there for them?

Deciduous trees deal with the harshness of winter by stripping down to bare essentials, knowing there will be a time to leaf out eventually. Evergreen trees opt for an in-between stance, never fully bare, never in broad leaf, holding to their equilibrium through heat and ice the same.

What approach do you take to handle life’s seasons?

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.
—Martin Luther King, Jr.

When have you chosen love when hate might have been a more obvious choice?