The DAILY SPARK Blog

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?

TRUE HOSPITALITY

A generous spirit offering FREE food along the El Camino de Santiago

Hospitality is not to change people, but to offer them space where change can take place.

Quote by Henri J. M. Nouwen

Henri Jozef Machiel Nouwen (1932 –1996) was a Dutch Catholic priest, professor, writer and theologian. His interests were rooted primarily in psychology, pastoral ministry, spirituality, social justice and community.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Nouwen

REFLECTION:

  • Do you offer space to allow others to change?
  • What does your ‘hospitality’ look like?
  • How can you offer more ‘hospitality’ to others today?

SURVIVAL

Flowers growing through stone walkway

We are not the survival of the fittest, we are the survival of the nurtured. 

Quote by Louis Cozolino

Louis John Cozolino is an American psychologist and professor of psychology at Pepperdine University. He holds degrees in philosophy from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, theology from Harvard University and a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from UCLA. Source:  Wikipedia

REFLECTION:

  • Are you in survival mode?
  • Do you feel nurtured – by self or others?
  • How can you nurture yourself?
  • How can you lend support to nurture another?