The DAILY SPARK Blog

AN OFFERING

All that is eternal in me Welcomes the wonder of this day, The field of brightness it creates Offering time for each thing To arise and illuminate.

I place on the altar of dawn; The quiet loyalty of breath, The tent of thought where I shelter, Waves of desire I am shore to And all beauty drawn to the eye. 

May my mind come alive today To the invisible geography That invites me to new frontiers, To break the dead shell of yesterdays, To risk being disturbed and changed. 

May I have the courage today To live the life that I would love, To postpone my dream no longer But do at last what I came here for And waste my heart on fear no more.

FROM:  TO BLESS THE SPACE BETWEEN US  A Book of Blessing by John O’Donohue

REFLECTION:

  • As we begin a new calendar year, this is my prayer for you!
  • May you find courage. 
  • May you invite new frontiers. 
  • May you be changed.
  • May you do what you came here to do AND take the risk to begin!

THE GOOD

Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance. 

Quote by Eckhart Tolle

REFLECTION:

  • Want more good in your life?  Make a list today of all the good that exists in your life right now.
  • Build on this foundation for a more abundant 2023.
  • HAPPY NEW YEAR… May it be your best year yet!

TELLING A NEW STORY

We’d like to believe that our experiences are aligned with the world as it is.  They can’t be.  Everything we encounter is filtered through what we know.  And what we know comes from the very human cultures we inhabit.  When someone rejects you for a job, they’re not rejecting you.  How could they be?  They don’t know you.  Instead, they’re rejecting their story of you, the best approximation they had combined with the complicated story they (all of us) tell ourselves about our needs, dreams and fears.  We take these stories and we compound them.  We sharpen them, rehearse them and turn them into an augmented version of the world as we see it, not the world as it is.  If it’s not working for us, the best thing we can do is begin to do the very hard work of telling a new story, a better story, one that’s more useful.

Quote by Seth Godin from his daily blog.

REFLECTION:

  • Is your current story working for you?
  • What new story can you begin telling yourself about the life you want to love?
  • As we approach the New Year, you have an opportunity for a fresh start… write a new story for 2023!