Imagine stepping out into an environment unlike anything you’ve ever seen, where danger is ever-present and even the weight of your own body is unfamiliar. Imagine being filled with such wide-eyed curiosity that it is worth risking everything simply to experience and learn about something utterly new.
What is the furthest you have ever been outside your comfort zone? Why did you choose to go there?
In the Roman Catholic calendar, October 2nd is honored as the Feast of the Guardian Angels, which celebrates the idea that each person has a special guardian angel to watch over and protect them.
Whose love do you feel watching over you?
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?
