What is the difference between a mushroom and a toadstool? Surely not which one is preferred furniture for a toad. No, a mushroom is a fungus we like, and a toadstool is one we don’t. A fungus knows that they are the same thing, a way of casting spores to the wind.
What toadstool in your life could you re-define as a mushroom?
Even as the wind kicks up waves on the lake, the swan remains serene, elegant, imperial. But you don’t see how much effort those webbed feet are making beneath the surface to keep the swan moving on his regal way.
How do you maintain composure on the choppy days?
These strawberries are perfectly ripe. Yesterday they were the tiniest bit green and tomorrow they will start to bruise or shrivel. They will only be perfectly firm, perfectly sweet, if you eat them today.
What will you seize on to enjoy today, knowing that tomorrow may be too late?
Has anyone ever told you that you have a big mouth? Certainly there are times when it’s best if we manage to hold our tongues. But change in the world happens largely because of the people who are willing to open their mouths, and keep opening them, until the world listens to what they have to say.
When have you been proud to open your mouth and speak your truth?
What looks from one perspective like a hatchet job, a cataclysmic loss of limbs, can be regarded from another point of view as necessary pruning that will allow for new growth.
How has choosing to give something up allowed you to make room for something new?
