For Sukkot, the Festival of Booths, Jews build a flimsy structure that is permeable enough to the outside that you can see the stars through the roof. Throughout the eight-day holiday the faithful eat, hang out, or even sleep in this fragile, leafy hut.
This week, how will you allow yourself to be open and vulnerable to the world around you?
You do not know where this path will take you. You do not know how far the road will go, or what obstacles you may meet along the way. There is always a bend ahead around which you cannot see. So perhaps there is no spot on the journey more beautiful than where you are right now.
What do you admire about the view from this point in your life
How do you keep time? A watch? The readout on your phone or computer? Is time really something you can keep?
How do you save time? Microwaveable dinners? Making phone calls while you drive? Where do you keep the time that you have saved?
In this world of keeping time and saving time, how will you simply take time?
Much of a tree is hidden below the ground, gaining support and sustenance from the earth in ways that are generally invisible to us.
What sustains you, even though you don’t often think about it?
Somehow, when we have overcome an obstacle or worked through a difficult problem, it feels as if we should arrive at the “land of milk and honey,” a place of rest and ease. But there will always be other obstacles, other mountains to climb, other problems that press forward.
How do you find ways to rest and renew yourself, even in the midst of the journey?
