Who would be upset if a beautiful butterfly showed up to sip from the feeder they set out for the hummingbirds? It feels natural to be unhappy when life doesn’t go according to our plans, but it can turn out that we are simply given the opportunity to welcome a different guest than the one we anticipated.
What in your life has appeared as a welcome guest, although you intended something quite different?
If you are willing to bring yourself down low enough, even the grasses have grandeur.
What have you been able to see by shifting to a perspective of humility?
You might think that piling lock on lock will keep you safe. Maybe it will. But if you feel the need for that many locks, it’s probably worth looking at what might happen if you chose to open the gate.
What do you feel compelled to lock securely outside your gates?
The streams of religion run deep or shallow, according as the banks of the Sabbath are kept up or neglected.
—Matthew Henry
What gives depth to your religion?
“We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness.”
—Tom Waits
How do you step outside the ways that society tries to confuse our understanding of abundance and happiness?
