- Thing that made me cry/laugh. (This one is really awfully silly. Mainly for anyone stressed by trying to accommodate a large and unforgiving dinner crowd this year.)
TWIL (This Week I Learned.)
This week I learned that most likely, the more challenges you have faced through life, the stronger you may be able to become…with lots and lots of work (read: work = therapy/mindfulness training).
Quote
“Life is difficult. This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it. Once we truly know that life is difficult-once we truly understand and accept it-then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters.” — M. Scott Peck, The Road Less Traveled
Prompt
If I could … write three wishes you really think would make your life better. (no wishing for more wishes :) )
Quest
Make a map of your failures indicating the rough date they occurred. Write beside each one what you learned. (This is from the philosopher Alain de Botton)
Wayback
December 23, 1993: “Philadelphia” the first major Hollywood movie about AIDS opens in theaters.
- POD (Poem of the day — links to the Poetry Foundation Audio Poem of the Day
- Song (Deep focus.)
- Hero: Glennon Doyle, Founder of Momastery
Why? She took an untenable situation and turned it into a revolution of vulnerability and authenticity.
Her words: “We look at our lives, relationships, and world and wonder: Wasn’t it all supposed to be more beautiful than this? We quickly silence that question, telling ourselves to be grateful. We hide our simmering discontent — even from ourselves. Until we reach our boiling point.”
Offer: Do you know someone who might like this? Please
Thank you.
Underbelly Visual Inspiration via Sharon McCutcheon on Unsplash:
