“There are stories in the air as thick as birds around me, he would say. I will save those stories from starving he would say. I have a great hunger for stories, he would say.”
― Brian Doyle
How do you feed your hunger for stories?
Empty Bottles
There’s something sad about an empty bottle. After all, its whole point is to serve as a container for something. But a container wouldn’t be much use if you couldn’t open it up and empty it out. In the best of worlds the process of filling up and emptying out repeats over and over in a continuing pattern of receiving and giving.
What fills you up? How do you share that with others?
Longing and Wishing
“It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are still alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger for them.”
― George Eliot
What is something beautiful and good that you hunger for?
Burger Hungry
It’s not hard to imagine someone being hungry for a burger, but a burger that is hungry—that’s quite a different thing! Then again, we often concentrate on what we want, what we are hungry for, without paying much attention to what the rest of the world might want from us. Maybe the image of a hungry burger is a reminder to stay aware of the wants and needs that surround us.
When have you been surprised to recognize a need that ran counter to what you expected to get?
Food for the Poor
“When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist.”
― Dom Helder Camara
How would you like to see the problem of hunger addressed?