Eid Al-Adha, the Muslim “Feast of Sacrifice” is celebrated today. It marks the end of the hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, and commemorates Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his beloved son Ishmael in obedience to God. The name “Islam” itself means “submission.”
Is there any principle or value that you are willing to offer yourself to completely, whatever sacrifice might be involved?
“One definition of eternity is that we are not alone on this planet, that there are those who’ve gone before and those who will come, and that there is a community of spirits.”
—Rita Dove
Who would you name as important members of your personal community of spirits?
If there is to be peace in the world,
There must be peace in the nations.
If there is to be peace in the nations,
There must be peace in the cities.
If there is to be peace in the cities,
There must be peace between neighbors.
If there is to be peace between neighbors,
There must be peace in the home.
If there is to be peace in the home,
There must be peace in the heart.
―Lao Tse
In honor of United Nations Day, what will you do today to make peace?
“The smallest indivisible human unit is two people, not one; one is a fiction. From such nets of souls societies, the social world, human life springs.”
―Tony Kushner
To what “ nets of souls” do you belong?
Wouldn’t it be great if a stopwatch would actually stop and restart time, rather than just stopping and starting a timer? I’m afraid the closest we’ll ever be able to come to that fantasy is to learn to be fully present and alive in the moments that we are given.
If you could pause time for some bit of your life, what moment would you choose?
