Today marks the end of summer, the point in time when the light and the dark are in equal balance before beginning the long slide toward dark and winter. Unless you’re in the Southern Hemisphere, in which case it’s the long slide toward light and summer.
What do you look forward to in the upcoming season? What will you miss from the season past?
The life I touch for good or ill will touch another life, and that in turn another, until who knows where the trembling stops or in what far place my touch will be felt.
— Frederick Buechner
How has your life touched someone who was surprisingly distant from you?
The Jewish harvest festival of Sukkot is celebrated by building a little temporary structure outside, and hanging out over the course of a week in this three-sided hut which, by definition, has a roof that you can see the stars through.
When you are home, how do you find ways to connect with nature?
Your closest friends are probably the people you can tell everything to, the ones who hold you up in hard times, the ones you can count on to understand the deepest reaches of your heart. But there’s a lot to be said for friends who are just plain fun to be around, who let you be goofy and young at heart.
What do you with your friends just for fun?
We’ve all been warned not to judge a person until we’ve walked a mile in their shoes. It’s a good reminder to have empathy for others who may be managing hardships we’ve never imagined. It’s also possible that their shoes are utterly fabulous, of a shape and color that we never would have thought to try.
What have you learned to delight in by trying it someone else’s way?
