Sometimes the hardships of life leave us “stronger at the broken places,” but sometimes the assaults of the world leave a hollow place that never grows back. It turns out that sometimes those hollow places allow us to offer shelter to another.
How has something that wounded you let you to support or shelter someone else?
If you are a cygnet, it must be very nice to have such an imposing parent as a swan leading the way for you and keeping you safe from all dangers.
Who keeps you safe on your journey? Who do you protect?
Moonlight draws a glimmering path across the water—a path one can walk only in dreams and imagination. But sometimes the path we can only dream of following shapes the course we take as we walk along the shore.
What dream or fantasy shapes the path that you are following in your life?
“If we are going to find our way out of shame and back to each other, vulnerability is the path and courage is the light. To set down those lists of what we’re supposed to be is brave. To love ourselves and support each other in the process of becoming real is perhaps the greatest single act of daring greatly.”
― Brené Brown
What helps you to set down the lists of what you’re supposed to be?
Most of us view our surroundings from standing or sitting height, which gives us a good view of people, but focuses our attention away from what is above and below us. But it turns out there’s quite a bit of action going on in places outside of our customary field of vision.
How would you see the world differently if you looked from the ground up?
