THE DAILY SPARK

ANOTHER CHANCE

“I know now, after fifty years, that the finding/losing, forgetting/remembering, leaving/returning, never stops.  The whole of life is about another chance, and while we are alive, till the very end, there is always another chance.”

Quote by Janette Winterson from her book: Why Be Happy When You Could B e Normal?

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/why-be-happy-when-you-could-be-normal-jeanette-winterson/1111699453

REFLECTION:

  • How often do we beat ourselves up for losing, forgetting, leaving things? 
  • If life is about other chances, how can you look forward and embrace another chance today?

PAUSE VS. POUNCE

THINKER ON A ROCK by Barry Flanagan Bronze 1997 at National Gallery of Art Washington DC

Do you Pounce or do you Pause?

Do you brace for impact?

Can you hold space for another?

Can you build a bridge?

 

Self reflection

REFLECTION:

  • How do you approach conflict?  Pounce or Pause?
  • Can you see value in a pause?
  • How can you build a bridge – creating space for another to feel heard?

NO BADGE

Sculpture by Christopher Wool "Untitled" At National Gallery of Art Washington DC

“Busy is a decision.  We do the things we want to do, period.  If we say we are too busy, it is just shorthand for the thing being “not important enough” or “not a priority.”  Busy is not a badge.  You don’t find the time to make things, you make the time to do things.”

Quote by Debbie Millman from the book:  In The Company Of Women

Book:  https://www.amazon.com/Company-Women-Inspiration-Artists-Entrepreneurs/dp/1579655971

 

REFLECTION:

  • Do you wear “being busy” as a badge of honor?
  • What is most important for you to say yes to?
  • Look at you list and eliminate what is not important enough… what is not a priority and focus on the one thing you want to do today!