Although newly hatched chicks and ducklings quickly become fluffy and adorable, many baby birds start life looking downright homely—if not hideous. Many a project starts this way as well, unattractive and ravenous, demanding attention without looking like it will offer much in the way of returns.
What helps you to stick with creative endeavors, even when they start out looking very unpromising?
What a lot of trust it takes to head in to the water backwards and head over heels, unable to see where you will land until you are already there! Trust comes from having put in the practice to know that your body is capable of what you are trying to do. Faith comes from knowing that whatever you do, the water will always receive you.
In what do you put your faith?
“Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.”
― Meister Eckhart
What will you begin today?
On those days when it feels like everything is crashing and burning, it might help to remember that there are people who like to crash into one another for the fun of it.
Where do you find lightness on those days when everything seems to want to crash?
The Christian feast day of Epiphany celebrates the revelation of God in human form in the person of the baby Jesus, who is visited by the Magi. Whether or not you believe in the divinity of Jesus, you might find that some star beckons you toward the Holy.
Where do you find the divine in earthly form?
