The DAILY SPARK Blog

DUMP YOUR POCKETS

… Someone I love comes along in pain and I start dumping my pockets, looking for the one thing I know that will help them.  But time and time again, the only thing they want is for me to open my heart like a sponge to them.  They want to be heard and held.

FROM:  Mark Nepo  THE BOOK OF AWAKENINGHaving The Life You Want By Being Present To the Life You Have

 

REFLECTION:

  • Is there someone you love in pain now?  Are you in search of something to help them?
  • How can you open your heart and just listen or hold them?

BE WHERE YOU ARE

When you are taking a shower, check and see if you are in the shower.  You may already be in a meeting at work.  Maybe the whole meeting is in the shower with you.

FROM:  ARRIVING AT YOUR OWN DOOR  108 Lesson in Mindfulness by Jon Kabat-Zinn

REFLECTION:

  • How present are you in this moment?
  • BE. HERE. NOW.

THE BIG QUESTION

ONE DAY or DAY ONE?  You decide!

Quote discovered and shared by Rev. Amy Richter as she and her husband were hiking in Newfoundland Labrador, Canada

REFLECTION:

  • What day is it for you?
  • Is there some “one day” in your life that you have lived? 
  • How can you shift to “day one”?