Today is the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001. Many people around the world feel the trauma of this day in their bodies and hearts.
Many people, every day, carry pain from trauma with them. It is important to be gentle and kind with this pain. You did not cause it. You do not deserve it.
How can you be gentle and kind to yourself today? How can you recognize and honor the pain you are feeling?
“We’re staying home. Love has never asked this of us before. We’re staying home, this is our gift to humanity. Let us wish each other well.” -Linda Barnes
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues around the world, many of us are still forced to stay at home. How can you bring spiritual connections into your home?
When baseball players are facing a close call, they often slide their bodies into the base, hurling themselves towards their goal in the hopes of beating a throw.
What do you have to slide in order to reach today? How can you stretch yourself to get there?
The Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, is often celebrated with apples and honey, for a “sweet new year.” It is seen as a blessing to be able to partake in sweetness, and it evokes gratitude.
How can you bring sweetness into your life today?
On Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, the shofar, a horn made from a ram’s horn, is blown in synagogues around the world. It calls people to attention and wakes them up to the spiritual work that needs to be done to greet the new year.
What is the spiritual work you have to do? How can you wake yourself up to it?
