The DAILY SPARK Blog

KNOCK KNOCK

The purpose of most communications isn’t to completely explain yourself.  Too often, we get stuck relieving tension, making our case and closing the door on the discussion. 

The purpose is to open the door to interaction, learning and action.  (Knock, Knock) “Who’s there?” is a fine response to hope for.  

FROM:  Seth Godin  and his Daily Blog post

REFLECTION:

  • Do you find you often are in a cycle of “explaining yourself” to others?
  • What do you do to relieve tension when you are in conflict with another?
  • Do you just “go along to get along?”
  • Do you make a case for your view?
  • Or, do you just close the door on a discussion?
  • How can you open the door to a “courageous conversation”?

GETTING FED

Community means that people come together around the table, not just to feed their bodies, but to feed their minds and their relationships.

Quote by Henri J. M. Nouwen

REFLECTION:

  • What do you do to build a sense of  community?
  • Do to bring people together … to feed their bodies as well as their minds.
  • Is there a step you can take to support building relationships with others? …perhaps hosting a dinner party or a gathering of some kind with the intention of building relationships?… growing a community?
  • Take some action.

HERE AND THERE

So often we imagine that There is more full of gold than Here.  It is the same with love and dreams and the work of our lives.  We see the light everywhere but where we are, and chase after what we think we lack, only to find , humbly, it was with us all along.

FROM:  Mark Nepo  – BOOK OF AWAKENING – Having the Life You Want By Being Present To The Life You Have

REFLECTION:

  • How often do you believe THERE will be better than HERE?
  • What are you chasing?
  • What light is right where you are?
  • How can you find… see the light just where you are?