THE DAILY SPARK

POLISHED PERFECTION

The gem cannot be polished without friction nor a person perfected without adversity.

Quote by Confucius

REFLECTION:

  • What adversity has “perfected” you?
  • What friction has “polished” you?
  • Is there an adversity you are facing that offers a hidden gift?
  • Explore this and work to see it through a new perspective.

COURAGE

As I begin my El Camino de Santiago adventure, this will be my mantra:

May I have the courage today to live the life I would love. To postpone my dreams no longer.  To do at last what I came here for and waste my heart on fear no more.

A Morning Offering by John O’Donohue from his BOOK OF BLESSINGS

REFLECTION:

  • What Is calling for you to be courageous today?
  • What is a dream you have been postponing?
  • What have you come here to do?

THE LADDER

“People may spend their whole lives climbing the ladder of success only to find, once they reach the top, that the ladder is leaning against the wrong wall.”

Quote by Thomas Merton

Thomas Merton OCSO (1915 – 1968) was an American Trappist  monk, writer, theologian, mystic,  poet, social activist  and scholar of comparative religion.  On May 26, 1949, he was ordained to the Catholic priesthood and given the name “Father Louis”. He was a member of the Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani, near Bardstown, Kentucky, living there from 1941 to his death.

(Source Wikiedia)

REFLECTION:

  • What ladder are you climbing?
  • What do you hope to see when you reach to top of the ladder?
  • Are you living a life with your ladder leaning against the wrong wall?
  • What changes do you need to make to correct the climb of your life?