A spring is a means for holding energy. Push the spring down and you store the energy of your downward motion, release your hand and the spring snaps up, releasing that energy back to the world again.
What potential is stored in you, just waiting to be released?
“God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant and the cat. He has no real style, He just goes on trying other things.”
—Pablo Picasso
Where is the creative mark of the Holy most evident to you?
A swan is an awkward creature in the air or on the land. Only on the water does it achieve the full, graceful elegance of a being in its native element.
Where do you feel most grace-filled and at home?
How do you build a wall? Brick by brick, small step by small step, with patience and perseverance.
What brick will you lay today toward the foundation of a dream?
Is Presidents Day a celebration of Washington’s birthday, both Washington and Lincoln’s birthdays, or a celebration of presidents in general? Does it really matter? Maybe what we really need is a Citizens Day, in which we all celebrate the rights and responsibilities of citizenship, honoring participatory democracy itself.
How do you honor your role as a citizen by participating in the democratic process?
