THE DAILY SPARK

PASSAGE

Every leaf that falls never stops falling. I once thought that leaves were leaves.  Now I think they are feeling, in search of a place – someone’s hair, a park bench, a finger.  Isn’t that like us, going from place to place, looking to be alive?

Poem by Victoria Chang (Found this poem on a New York Subway train)

REFLECTION:

  • Look at a leaf today.  Is it just a leaf?
  • How is that leaf like you today?
  • Are you going from place to place looking to come alive?
  • Observe… Reflect… Process

THE UNFAITHFUL YES

Saying “yes” to more things than we can actually manage to be present for with integrity and ease of being is in effect saying “no” to all those things and people and places we have already said “yes” to, including perhaps our own well being.

From: ARRIVING AT YOUR OWN DOOR  108 Lessons in Mindfulness by Jon Kabat-Zinn

REFLECTION:

  • As you begin this day, what do you need to say NO to? 
  • What do you need to say YES to?
  • What does caring for your own well being look like? 
  • How can you take better care of you?

On Being A Good Neighbor

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

Quote from Dr.Martin Luther King.  Sermon delivered at the time of the Montgomery bus protests in 1956 titled:  “On Being A Good Neighbor”

REFLECTION:

  • Are you facing a challenge or controversy? 
  • What will you stand for? 
  • How can you be a “good neighbor?”
  • What will you do differently today?