Sometimes what looks like a scene of devastation and ruin is just a demolition derby—a game played for excitement. It’s great to want to run in and help, but before you enter someone else’s mess, it’s a good thing to know what kind of mess you’re getting into.
What looks more dangerous than it really is?
We learn new ideas when something in them connects to what we already know, but they build on our knowledge. We connect with other people when we find something that we have in common which creates the space to explore our differences. We build our lives out of puzzle pieces that have one side which connects to that which is already established, and one side that reaches out to the bigger picture.
What small puzzle piece has expanded your world picture lately?
We rejoice in all the colors of the rainbow, but even just within the range from black to white, with no colors at all, there are infinite shades of difference. Before we make assumptions about people who belong to any given group, it would be good to remember that.
How are you different from those who seem the most like you?
Wouldn’t it be great if the world were full of official Safe Places: spots where you knew that you would be free from people’s judgments, where racism and classism and size-ism and all the ways that folks make others feel unworthy and unwelcome were officially abolished and overcome?
Where do you feel safe to be completely who you are?
Sure, you could hide out in the corner and hope no one notices you. That would be OK. But it’s also possible that today would be a good day to be splendid, glorious, clad in your brightest cloak of wonderfulness.
What will you do today that shows your splendor?
