THE DAILY SPARK

TWO WAYS

THE PONT DU GARD AQUEDUCT IN NIMES, FRANCE

There are two ways to do anything.  We can do it in order to make life better for me, or we can do it in order to make life better for someone else, as well as for me.  The first way gets the thing done; the second way gets the thing done and makes life a sacrament.

Quote by Sister Joan Chittister

 

REFLECTION:

  • Do you do things in order to make life better for you?
  • What can you do today to make life better for you AND someone else?

BEAR FRUIT

The grain, indeed, has to die in order to bear fruit and when you dare to stand in your suffering, your life will bear fruit in ways that are far beyond your own predictions or understanding. 

Quote by Henri Nouwen

REFLECTION:

  • Suffering is inescapable.  What suffering have you endured that has harvested some fruit?
  • Is there a suffering you are enduring now that you can consider through a new lens… a benefit beyond your current understanding?

ONLY ONE COURSE

The people I distrust the most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action in mind.

Quote by Frank Herbert

REFLECTION:

  • Do you think there is only one way of doing something?
  • Are you open to new possibilities?
  • Try something new today… take another course of action.  What happens??