Category: Meditations

“I think… if it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts.”
―Leo Tolstoy

What kind of love are you called to?

It’s a lot easier to notice how our lives are all connected when you literally feel it bounce under your feet every time someone pulls on a strand of the interconnected web.

What helps you to remember the ways in which we are all connected?

The great thing about jellybeans is that you never quite know what flavor you’re going to get. Even if you can recognize the difference between popcorn yellow, pineapple yellow and banana yellow, flavors combine to create taste sensations that you never could have quite imagined.

How do you invite variety and surprise into your life?

There are moments—perhaps in meditation or prayer or dance or song or stargazing— when we are privileged to step behind the veil of ordinary life and into contact with the Mystery.

When have you stepped behind the veil into a sense of wonder?

Sometimes we need a little help from our friends to lift us up to a place where we can get a clearer view on life.

Who has helped you to see something in a new way?