“My dreams matter. They matter, as they pull me inward and yet simultaneously push me outside of myself; My dreams matter; they matter as they speak to the breadth of love, of pain, of hope, that rest deep in the fabric of my blood and bones.” – from “My Dreams, They Matter,” by roddy bell-shelton biggs
What do your dreams tell you?
Today is the Jewish commemoration of Yom HaShoah, on which we are tasked to remember the genocide of the Holocaust–and the things that led to it–so that such an atrocity will not be repeated again in human history.
How do you remember the past in order to make a better future?
“We often forget that there are creative ways of bringing about change in our communities and society at large. When Jesus suggests we love our enemies, he is imaginatively expanding our concept of what it means to be a good person.” -Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
What religious or spiritual lessons help you expand your concept of what it means to be good?
“If you want to view paradise, simply look around and view it. Anything you want to, do it. Want to change the world? There’s nothing to it.” -from “Pure Imagination,” by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley
Where do you see paradise around you today? How can you imagine it?
“The great instrument of moral good is imagination.” – Percy Shelley
How has imagination led you to do good things?
